The Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club has suspended the election for the board of directors until March due to bylaws violations.
Board member Jim Oswald made the announcement at, by all reports, a highly contentious membership meeting Thursday night. He said the board will expand to 15 members from its current 11 members, and nominations are welcome.
Unfortunately, I was unable to attend because of long-standing commitments so I can't contribute any first-hand observations. Tom Fucoloro has a story over at Seattle Bike Blog: “Cascade Director: If I get fired for protecting my staff, then so be it.” Publicola also has a running account of the meeting at its Twitter feed, PublicolaNews. Also, Seattle Times filed a story.
The annually scheduled meeting came about 2 1/2 weeks after the board's controversial firing of executive director Chuck Ayers. The board then rehired Ayers on an interim basis for 6 months the following week.
A group of members, Bike Club Rescue Squad, is continuing its efforts to collect signatures on a petition to recall the board.
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