This is to all the Dukies reading here...
I know I've forgotten several. Please forgive.
This is really a reply to something way up thread where I pointed out that there had been an alumni coup of sorts at Dartmouth and a couple of renegades had gotten on the board.
Here are the bylaws of the Duke University Board of Trustees
The Bylaws of Duke University
ARTICLE II. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2. Nomination and Elections. The thirty-six elected Trustees shall be elected as follows: twelve by the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church; twelve by the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church; and twelve by the graduates of Duke University. Any student, faculty member, alumnus, Trustee, or other friend of the University may offer candidates for consideration. A roster of such candidates shall be kept in the office of the University Secretary, and it shall be reviewed whenever vacancies are expected to occur. The Executive Committee shall then make its recommendations to the Board of Trustees, and the Board, after hearing the recommendations of the Executive Committee, and by a majority of the Trustees present at any regular meeting, shall nominate the persons to be elected Trustees and submit its nominations to the appropriate conference of the United Methodist Church and the graduates.
Have you ever been asked to vote on a the Board? Who votes for the Alumni? It sounds like the Executive Committee controls the nominations.
Unlike Dartmouth, these folks were smart enough to figure out how to keep the great unwashed off the Board of Trustees. A self-perpetuating institution open to club members only. Don't expect folks on any Executive Committee to admit reformers. Sigh. This will get worse before it gets better.