First I think you should check what you current Bylaws indicate regarding voting. If it is that any parent or guardian in attendance at the annual meeting has the right to vote, then everything was handled properly and you're kind of stuck.

You need to be careful because you don't want to come across as sour grapes. Trying to make changes to the Bylaws, while not a member of the Executive committee, would be on the line of innappropriate.

On the other hand, bringing up the idea of taking on the job of facilitating member attendance, a job that I created for my group and called Hospitality, is another thing altogether. With this type of position you can possibly add childcare, which would increase active membership and attendance.

One of the things that you may have wanted to try to do before you went "against" the 3 term President, was talk with her. You may have found out that she was planning on running again and that she had a lot of support. If that was the case why put yourself in a position to be at odds with her. Of course this is a little too little too late, but for next time you may want to take this approach.

I know it stinks that things are now what they are. So a big question is when does she move on? And when does your child move on? Maybe you need to look at things down the road.

Good luck,
PresidentJim