I'm reading the question posed by Carol in the OP, am reading the last half-dozen responses, and am shaking my head.
The way TalkBoard avoids these kind of things is to have members who will not get involved in that kind of drama.
I think TalkBoard got it half right. They passed an amendment that will make TalkBoard better. But the drama and mudslinging that came out and is coming out again makes TB and FT look bad, IMO.