A director resigns

At the 2013 Annual General Meeting, after serving a single three-year term, the president lost his bid to be re-elected.

A few months later, the ex-president, after hearing complaints from the sitting directors that one of their number was very disruptive at board meetings and from residents who complained that the director was ignoring their concerns, organized a  requisition to remove the director at a special owners meeting.

The requisition stated the following reasons for calling for the removal:

1.	Loss of confidence in his ability to act in the interest of the corporation and the homeowners.
2.	Improperly and inappropriately blaming the management and other members of the board.
3.	Posting notices and misleading homeowners, stating false financial information to the public.
4.	Unacceptable rude and disruptive behavior in all meetings—The board of director's meetings and Homeowner meetings.

It is clear from the wording that this requisition is supported by one or more of the corporation's directors.

A requisition meeting was scheduled for Thursday 15 May 2014. What is interesting is that the agenda called for a recall vote but not a call for an election to decide on a replacement. I assume that if the recall was successful, the election of a replacement would take place at the upcoming AGM.

Before the scheduled owners' meeting, the director resigned.

It is not much fun being a director in a condo that has few resources, but many problems. The position can involve a lot of work, stress and frustration. When an owner becomes a volunteer director in order to help his or her neighbours, and not for any personal gain, then at some point, he'll decide that the position is not worth the grief and he'll resign.

Having your name dragged through the mud by having a few of your neighbours knocking on everyone's doors and running you down, can be the last straw. Why not quit and let someone else take on the thankless task?


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