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I need some help fast. Several members of my Board (coop)want the president to step down or they will vote him down. This is because a small group of shareholders are 'up in arms' like they are every year and a capital improvement is taking longer than expected and of course blaming it all on the president since he headed the project. My question is how can they do this for such trivial reasons? Isn't removal from office for serious matters? If you can help, it would be appreciated.
GK is correct -- but I'd like to add that if your co-op is like mine, the president (and all the other officers) are also board members. So even if the board votes to remove the president (or treasurer or secretary) from office, he/she is still on the board.
That may be enough to solve your problem.
But to remove someone from the board itself usually requires a majority vote of all shareholders.
That's right. Thanks for the clarification.
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Check your bylaws. Most co-op bylaws, based on the NYBCL, will state something to this effect: "any officer may be removed from office at any time, and a successor chosen, at the pleasure of the Board, upon affirmative vote, taken at any meeting, by a majority of the then total authorized number of directors."
It sounds like you're not on your board right now. The board may indeed have very legitimate reasons for wanting the president to step aside. They're bound to uphold the fiduciary, and if they believe that the president is not acting in the best interest of the shareholders, they can (and should) take action.
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