The members of a board of directors of a nonprofit organization have a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interest of that organization and not in their personal self-interest.
Both the decision by the board of the Gathering Place to terminate Lynn Bedell, as well as the manner in which it was done, are blatant violations of that fiduciary responsibility.
The Windham County community needs to demand a transparent investigation.
If the current board of directors responsible for this wrongful termination want to demonstrate that it actually has the best interest of the Gathering Place as its focus, its members should therefore be willing to resign.