I'm not sure if you didn't read to the end, but he's clearly been removed, despite lukewarm protests to the contrary. "I'm not sure what they're doing [...] but

I'm not sure if you didn't read to the end, but he's clearly been removed, despite lukewarm protests to the contrary. "I'm not sure what they're doing [...] but if I was there I'd [...]". I'm reading between the lines here, but he's not showing up at his next board meeting because they told him not to - he probably expects to be formally ousted and for whatever reason isn't planning on fighting it.