The underlying rationale
Sarkie.
The thing about this is that the “all of our boards are being restructured” retort is completely worthless, because what does restructuring have to do with getting rid of a well known highly informed UNPAID expert on violence against women? Restructure to your hearts’ content, fine, but don’t throw out your genius unpaid experts! Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, instead!
Which, of course, hints that “restructuring” isn’t really the reason they did it at all, but they can’t admit the real reason, because it’s so contemptible and disgusting.
Especially especially when it’s so hard to think of anyone so well suited to the job. It makes it all the more difficult to believe that it’s the job being eliminated and not the person.