Molly SasseThe 61-year-old Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Guild has started plans to dissolve, according to guild board President Gloria Stewart.
The move came about after the CSO board asked the guild, a 200-member volunteer support organization for the symphony, to turn its checkbook over to the CSO board.
Stewart said the guild’s executive board met to discuss the situation last week, then held an emergency meeting of members Thursday.
Executive committee members felt that, if the guild was not in control of the funds it raised, it has no reason to continue to have an executive committee or a board, she said.
“A motion was made to dissolve or to start the dissolution process,” she said. “We are looking into making sure that we had enough members present for a legal vote and that we are following Roberts Rules of Order. We are not 100 percent moving toward dissolution, but the motion carried.”