On 10/04/2008, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/10/08, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
--->Board Membership and Employment The board decided there would be no restrictions regarding to a board member becoming a staff member, nor for a staff member to become a board member.
Hmm. Perhaps it would be best to clarify whether this means transferring from the board to the staff and vice versa, or whether it is intended to mean that even simultaneous board membership and staff job are possible. If the latter I have to say I am somewhat surprised....
I expect that's just Ant overly simplifying the decision in her summary, but clarification would be good. Having someone on the board and the staff at the same time wouldn't work - they would report to Sue (possibly indirectly) in their role as a staff member and Sue would report to them in their role as a board member. That would be a terrible mess. (There's a possible argument for the ED to be on the board in the same way that CEOs are often on boards in the business world, but not one I would support [nothing personal, Sue].)
I think the community has expressed fairly explicitly that such dual roles would mix things up. Though on the obverse side, I suppose arguably the treasurer is in some sense inextricably connected at the hip with staff in some senses.
Not really. There is a clear separation between the role of the bookkeeper/accountant and the role of the treasurer. There is also the key detail that the treasurer doesn't get paid.