2008/6/2 Geoffrey Plourde geo.plrd@yahoo.com:
Well it appears the Board wants to be the drivers, ie manage the Foundation.
What makes you say that? Managing the Foundation is Sue's job and, from what I've seen, the board seems to be leaving her alone to do her job as she sees fit, for the most part, and just offering general guidance on the direction they want the Foundation to go it, which is exactly what a Board of Trustees is meant to do. You don't need to be an expert on non-profits to decide what general direction you think one should go in. It's a matter of personal opinion. We should elect someone whose personal opinion most closely matches our own, so it really is a popularity contest. Experts are needed, but they are appointed, not elected (although, obviously, if the person elected happens to be an expert as well, all the better), so we don't need to worry about that.