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LaverneB (Florida)
Posts: 129

Posted:

OK all, I am just totally ticked off. We have this board member who resigned last Wed at the meeting. Because he can't hear when alot of people talk.This gets him upset. This is the 3rd time he has caused a commotion in the board room. Last week hw handed in Keys, and said he was OFF .....He comes to this mornings meeting sits down (with his posse) of men friends and said he wants to be on the board!!!I am about to blow up by now. His "friends want him on only to relay whats going on.. Now as president how should I have handled it? Others feel sorry for him and said awwwwwweeee let him come back. This is not school. Hey Happy Easter to all, love this site...

BrianB (California)
Posts: 2,820

Posted:

You need to document that he has quit. It can be a formal paper resignation, it can be a note or a motion during the meeting that MR X hereby resigns, and the board accepts, whatever.

Until you formalize his tantrums, however, you can't do much about them. Until there are consequences for his actions, nothing will change.

SusanW1 (Michigan)
Posts: 5,202

Posted:

Well, I am in agreement about all the people talking. The presiding officer needs to keep the meeting under control and stop all those side discussions and keep the meeting on track. The background noise can be very disturbing.

Having said that, Board members who come to meetings to just listen to the gossip are not contributing to anything. Is he on a committee? Is a contributing officer? What is his expertise? (In fact, all members should be asked this.)

His verbal resignations can be acted upon, especially if he leaves the meetings. Someone can make a motion to accept his resignation at the beginning of the next meeting; he can withdraw it at that time. Tell him to stop his temper tantrums,or you will remove him from the meeting. Then vote to remove him. Your bylaws should have guidelines on how to remove a member of the Board.

GeraldT4
Posts: 1,022

Posted:

The process of removal of a Board member is not the same as removal of an Officer. The bylaw guidelines for removal of a Board member typically require a vote of the owners to remove through the calling of a special meeting of owners and an opportunity for the Board member being removed, to speak.

LaverneB - If the morning meeting was a Board meeting, not an open meeting, why are the non-Board members, or "posse of men friends" speaking, or being permitted to speak? A motion needs to be made to accept the resignation, seconded, so on and so forth, and a process for filling the vacancy needs to be discussed, followed, and agreed upon by the remaining Board members.

RobertR1 (South Carolina)
Posts: 5,164

Posted:

Well, I beieve Gerald is right about relieving or recalling a Board member.

However, for a Boardmember to make a personal decision, and walk out the door is cause to enter the Statement into the record, and a motion can be made to accept his resignation by vote. If it is voted on and approved he is off the Board....period. He is entitled to plead his case after receiving a written notice from the Board and the Board can rescind their action. Until he is reinstated he is off the Board. I would guess he would go through this once and then act properly. The President has the authority and obligation to maintain order, when that guy walks out door he is out of order and to protect the Board, the President should call him as being out of order and entertain his request to resign.

DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

Posted:

Laverne,

Okay, so he handed in his keys. Get a letter of resignation written, and the next time that he does this, hand him the letter and demand that he sign it right at that moment. Have all of the Board members sign another letter, requesting his resignation because of his continual quitting and then showing up. Document the examples of this behavior.

As another has mentioned, the entire community is required to remove him THAT IS NOT REQUIRED. 20% of the membership can petition for his removal also. Check to see if your own Docs have the removal process otherwise, go to State Statutes 617 under Director Removal which is the "NOT FOR PROFIT CORP" articles under which you are filed.

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