The original current bylaw wording appears to specify the spirit of the leadership of the BoD. I read the "subject to the control of the Board of Directors" to be clarifying that the MRA BoD is a cooperative group of directors, that the president also answers to. This is common in club membership non profits, because it prevents President dictatorship, as he or she always also answers to the rest of the board. The rider representatives also play an important role of infusing the will of the membership into the decisions that are formed with the President, and other BoD members.
If we were to pass this proposal to eliminate that wording, and spirit of leadership, the President would have much less motivation to work cooperatively with the rest of the BoD. The President could then start treating the MRA as His or Her club, and treating the rest of the BoD as more or less employees he or she delegates duties to. The bylaw language actually encourages that. This could prove terrible for a club that is already suffering from turmoil, and inconsistent service from it's appointed BoD members. We have a duty as a club to strengthen the BoD with competent officer directors, and competent rider rep directors that can not only work very well together, but understand how to work for and with the membership as well. This bylaw proposal doesn't improve anything for the operation of the MRA.

A "traditional business" non profit could have a President with more executive power because that president is typically the founder/owner of the non profit business. The MRA is not a non profit entity of a mattress company that is giving mattresses to the needy in cooperation with the for profit mattress company owned by the same President.

I recommend the membership votes No on this proposal.