On 2015-12-29, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I do think the Foundation legal staff need to review
and some fix to
this needs to be made to the Bylaws for the future, either overriding
617.0808 (1) (a) 2. explicitly or by making community vote explicitly
the recall mechanism for trustees elected by the community.
I think that bylaws are pretty coherent with the statute; what
might need an adjustment is the following wording from the resolution
appointing new members:
Resolved, that the Board of Trustees
("Board") approves and authorize the election of (...)
to fill the
Community-selected seats on the Board for the coming term.
Resolved, that (...) is/are appointed to the Board,
for a term of two
years beginning on X, and continuing until Y until approval and
authorization of the selection process in Z to fill these positions,
whichever comes first.
Section 1 is clearly appropriate for the elected board members.
Section 2 is only appropriate for the appointed board members.
Even the bylaws do not use the term "appointment" when referring
to the board member selected according to the article IV,
section 3, subsections (C) and (D). The appointment comes
into play when there is a vacancy ("appoint the candidate receiving the
next most votes").
Saper