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- Historically, the best people to serve on a board have busy personal and professional lives. Board meeting agendas and general functions should merit their attention, but should be organized and to the point.
- Complex issues and projects should be addressed by committees to broaden participation and, more importantly, to focus board meetings on making decisions on an informed and timely basis.
- Board meetings should be held often enough to conduct meaningful business and to maintain the interest of directors.
- Agendas, minutes and lengthy meeting reports should be distributed in advance of board meetings.
- Well planned and executed board meetings should not normally exceed one and one-half hours in length. Future attendance will be adversely affected if meetings are long and unproductive.
- Each board member must have a specific leadership responsibility within the group. Remember, "Use them or lose them."
- While the best boards seem to govern by consensus, board members should not be timid about addressing issues.
- Board members who do not participate should be asked to resign until such time that their priorities permit greater participation. Otherwise, the entire board's morale may suffer.
- There should be term limitations for all directors to prevent boards from becoming stagnant.
- The board should have an infusion of new members annually. At least one-fourth of the board should be new people each year.
- Bylaws should be reviewed periodically to ensure that the board is functioning accordingly.
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CONSTITUENT CLUB &
AREA CLUB GUIDLINES
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