One older gentleman in the audience spoke up – calmly, correctly:
“The President of the Board is supposed to chair the meeting.”
He was right. 100 percent right. Our own By-law No. 5 spells it out plainly:
The President shall act as Chair of the meeting.
🧠 What a Competent President Would Know
A competent President understands the basics of governance:
The President is the Chair, unless absent or legitimately unable to act.
The Board may delegate this duty – but that’s meant for rare, practical reasons, not to avoid facing owners.
🤥 What Actually Happened
Our President stood before us and declared that this wasn’t true. Flat denial. Either he hasn’t read his own bylaws, or he’s banking on the fact that you haven’t. Both are equally embarrassing.
🪑 Delegation ≠ Abdication
Delegating the Chair isn’t a loophole – it’s a contingency. If the President is in the room, healthy, and capable, they chair. Otherwise, what exactly are they President of?
💬 The Real Question
Is this the President you want – one who doesn’t even know our god-damn bylaws? Because if a leader can’t follow the very rules they swore to uphold, they have no business leading anything, let alone a community of paying owners.
