I deleted the original post because I realized the topic header isn't exactly the way I meant to phrase the question, which is:

Does your fundraising chair (or a committee chair, for that fact) have the ultimate authority in making decisions for an event or program?

This seems to be where the problem with our fundraising chair is coming from: apparently she thinks that as fundraising chair she has the ultimate authority to call the shots in how an event is run, down to giving a committee chair authority to do as she pleases even if it is against the primary philosophy of our group. The fundraising chair feels she should be able to bypass executive board or membership votes and go ahead and work to do what she wants anyhow. :eek:

My being "over involved" and "controlling" as president seems to come from my wanting to know about everything that's going on. Not that I necessarily feel compelled to get involved or act, but because I and the VP feel all chairs (standing, that is) should report to the president and VP what's going on. We should be able to ask a question and expect an honest and informed answer. Naturally I feel vindicated in our way of thinking after DEMANDING to see a contract that was being withheld from me and finding out that I averted a disaster waiting to happen.

So:
Does your fundraising chair (or a committee chair, for that fact) have the ultimate authority in making decisions for an event or program? Who has the final say over any disagrement in how an event or program should be run: the chair or the executive board/voting membership (should an issue come to vote before the membership)?