Another shareholder meeting is scheduled for Jan. 13, in part to debate whether the current board should remain or be replaced.

By law, the board remains in place until the city has balanced its budget four years in a row.

The Dictaphone is long gone, but the board remains.

"As long as the current board remains in place, so would the policies that the unit owners want," he said.

Only a joint 11-member board will remain to navigate the shared interests and potential cost savings of the two institutions.

But the District 12 board remains under a cloud.

The board of the bank will remain in office until July 2015.

The old wooden ironing board remains where it always was, behind the door to the patio.

As two of the other candidates also failed to be elected, the old board remains in place.

The board of 3M did not hurry its selection, and remained hushed.