A couple of things really stood out to me in this whole process that I found odd on a good day.
The ignoring of the bylaws that require a special election when the president leaves mid-term was one of them. I'm not sure I really hear a reason why TBH. It just didn't happen.
I do appreciate that the BoD that created the dumpster fire tried to fix it. It seems like the were using diesel instead of water to fight it but they did try.
The leaked emails were a hoot. Middle School BS IMHO.
As to the salary, I think they are way under the number needed to attract the right person as a full time job. I wouldn't take it for twice that. And think about it like this, we currently have the president come from the membership pool. That is the dumbest thing ever. Now I will grant you that with MV, we had a member that was a leader and understood the org as well as the business side but I don't think we will ever be able to replicate that again. What we need is an org leader to run the place.
This change might accomplish it but was done all wrong. It gave the appearance of trying to hide something and the BoDs response to Ben and some other members only confirmed that. They didn't just change the leadership structure they made it so that changing it back will be nearly impossible. Presumably so it will have some time to play out and see if it works.
I suspect that when those ADs come up for re-election they will have challengers who will point out these shenanigans or more likely won't run.
Time will tell.