Authority<\/p>\n
The Orinda Horsemen’s Association (OHA), originally comprised about seventeen families
\nwhich became the charter proprietary members. The number of proprietary members has grown
\nto approximately twenty-five by 1997.<\/p>\n
To deal with the EBMUD and to carry out the business of the Association, the by-laws
\ncall for the election of a Board of Directors consisting of seven members of the
\ncorporation at the annual meeting. The By-Laws give the Board of Directors the powers to
\ncontrol the property used by the corporation, to establish policies and enforce rules and
\nregulations, to appoint and remove all officers, to fix fees and charges for use of
\nfacilities and to negotiate leases for pasture land to be used by the members of the
\nassociation. .<\/p>\n
The by-laws establish the following officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and
\nTreasurer and any other officers the Board may establish. “The President shall be the
\nexecutive officer of the corporation subject to control of the Board of Directors and
\nshall have general supervision direction and control of the affairs of the
\ncorporation”. At most times, however, the President has been most successful when he
\nor she has been able to involve as many members as possible in the making and
\nimplementation of decisions.<\/p>\n
The decision making authority of the Board of Directors vis-a-vis that of the general
\nmembership is not clearly defined. This issue came into focus at a meeting of the Board
\nwith a representative of the District held in June 1986. The District representative
\nfavored rotation of the herd among pastures, including the Pear Orchard as a means of
\nmitigating fire danger as well as conservation of the pastures and their ecology. The
\nmeeting was summarized in minutes prepared by Secretary Morris Older. As indicated in the
\nminutes, certain members argued that “moving the herd is something that could only be
\ndone by a general membership meeting and this was a new authority that the Board has
\nabrogated to itself”. Others agreed that “we had elected a Board to make these
\nkinds of decisions.” The Board managed to evade the issue when it was suggested that
\nthe “Board in fact was not making this decision, but merely implementing a directive
\nof EBMUD. The Board went on to vote 6-0 that the implementation of EBMUD’s request is
\nwithin the Boards powers….” To date, the Board’s perceived authority remains
\nnebulous except on routine, non-controversial matters. In fact expenditure authority was
\nspelled out in the minutes of 10\/5\/88, “The Board decided that aside from normal,
\nlarge expenses (hay, EBMUD payments, insurance) that expenses over $200.00 will require
\napproval of the membership, and that only expenses less than $200.00 can be made on Board
\napproval alone.” Certainly, this devolution of power was not envisioned in the
\nby-laws of the OHA.<\/p>\n
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