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description: We have a board member that is going away to school for nine months and wants to stay on the board and participate in meetings via skpe and email. The other board members would prefer that he resign
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# Can we have a remote board member via Skype?

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## What do you think? Question:

We have a board member that is going away to school for nine months and wants to stay on the board and participate in meetings via Skype and email. The other board members would prefer that he resign and run for a board office when he returns. We could have him voted out by 67% of associations members but that seems like it could be very derisive for the community. We have tried reasoning with him as we believe it would put a hardship on other board members if he is not able to physically be here to work with the community. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to handle this. Thanks for you input.  Washington.

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