According to the FSF bylaws (https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf-amended-bylaws-current.pdf https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf-amended-bylaws-current.pdf) the voting

According to the FSF bylaws (https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf-amended-bylaws-current.pdf https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf-amended-bylaws-current.pdf) the voting members can already remove the board of directors of the FSF at the annual meetings (article IV section 1). Legally there is no reason why they couldn't have engaged in this coup earlier. Of course, if they needed better optics then yes. However, only voting members can do so. Most people that think they are a "member" of the FSF are merely an "associated member" with no voting power. I don't think there is a list of voting members, but it's a small bunch (hinted at by https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/statement-re-election-richard-stallman-fsf-board https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/statement-re-election-...).