What is actually confidential/BOD removing directors?

I think our BODs feel that an awful lot they think is confidential actually is not. For example, whether a board member was voted off or resigned. The difference matters, because they are not permitted to vote someone off, unless it is for cause, like they committed a felony or disqualified themselves from serving by falling behind on dues, etc.

It seems to always be a secret here unless one can talk to the person directly and then you have to decide whether to believe them. Rumors go around. People say 'I don't know if Bob resigned or was voted off', and everyone I talk to believes that it's proper for the BOD *to* vote people off, including me until a few hours ago. :-) The board always just says there was a change, giving no reason why or how.

This should not be a secret, or else there is no way for members to know whether it was proper. Rogue boards could dispatch with the will of the voters. Conspire to get rid of so and so and get so and so on, so they can run the table (which, I admit, in some circumstances would be ok with ME, depending on who we are talking about :p, but if it isn't proper, it isn't proper).

I don't even think 'removed for cause' is enough, since that doesn't tell us what the cause allegedly was, again, we don't know if it's valid.

That only members of the association can remove directors, and only members of the BOD may remove officers.

However, you said 'depends on who elected them'. So you are saying that if a vacancy was legally filled by the BOD, they would then be able to vote that person away?

I would say, no, that the Board was acting on behalf of the membership in filling the vacancy.

Not black and white in that case, though. Mainly because the director would be replacing a director elected by membership. Some board can appoint to fill openings of any kind ...different context, then.

I would still construe it, as that, unless there is other language in the Bylaws.

So the members elect Bob and Bob resigns. Sally is appointed by the board to take Bob's place. your post above seemed to indicate that now Sally serves at the pleasure of the BOD, not the members?

The generally excepted rule is if the Board appointed someone, they have the power to fire them. If the Members voted to elect a Board member, only the Member may recall them, unless they failed to meet certain Director qualifications , such as missing meeting, being a felon, delinquents, which all should in your Bylaws.

If a Board appoints someone, and then they have elected at the next annual meeting, then the Member rule applies.

If a director resigns, this should certainly be noted in the subsequent board meetings minutes. Something like: "Joe Good resigned from xxx's board of directors effective July 30, 2018. We thank him for his fine service to our community (if true!)."

This way, you'll know how Joe left the Board/why there is a vacancy.

I think JohnC is correct, but I don't have time to look it up. Ditto, Richard is correct.

I agree. We didn't have minutes for almost a year.