Condo Association Management Blog

A fine would just further polarize your situation. The past Pres still thinks of himself as the Pres. Your current Pres needs to have a come to Jesus meeting with the P Pres. Either Mr. past pres conducts himself in a manner consistent with the current leadership, or, he gets frozen out. Your bylaws likely don't address firing an elected board member. but a no confidence vote with a request for a resignation is legal. The Officers run the board, or, it runs you. Take your pick. Good luck.

Another recommendation as well is for the current president to enforce the agenda. If an item is not brought up at the proper time or is not prudent to the discussion, then the person should be gently reminded a few times that they are off topic. If they continue to be off topic, then another alternative is the board to adopt more rigid standards and rules for the meeting. I agree that someone should have a "heart to heart" with the past president and basically tell him that this is not only making him look ridiculous and ineffective, but it is hurting the community because it diminishes the effectiveness of the board. 
 
Start off by trying to talk to him. He may not even know what he is doing. 
 
The only other options are to ask for his resignation or have a recall, which should be in your documents.

Since the Board member was re-elected he obviously has the support of the community. If the Board wishes to garner support of the community as well you will want to avoid alienating the individual. Perhaps a private conversation with the individual asking why they are interrupting and listening to their concerns without judgement will be enough to quiet the person. However, I suspect there are other underlying issues which this person is harboring. Perhaps he already feels shut out by the others because he was not elected an Officer. If so, you should try to address his feelings before it gets out of control.

I know of a good president who couldn't get anything done because of a board member who took control of every meeting and would turn it over to the members. The rest of the board was afraid of this woman and would not act so they lost a good president and now the idiot is in charge and the place is falling apart. As a president of a board myself I know that I set the pace and decide who has the floor if a member refuses to follow Roberts rules then the police can be summoned and the disruptive individual removed.