Re: Fiduciary Responsibilities - Taking Care of the Community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 05:40:54 -0700 (PDT) |
On 5 Jul 2012, at 8:15 AM, David Clements and Evan Richardson wrote: > We have had conflicts related to the Board being perceived as doing "too > much," when it exercises the authority given to it in the bylaws, and doing > "too little," when members of the Board assume that they do not have the > authority, and fail to act or defer to members. Between a rock and a hard place. Aside from the boring repetition of people have different ideas about things, what is happening is that both groups, the do mores and the do lessers, are pushing from the sidelines. The Board is doing its best (we can assume) to be responsible and address the needs of the community as it sees them and others are critiquing their actions but are staying uninvolved in the actual decision-making. If you think of the decision-making field as flat, rather than hierarchical, it is easier to see how to get the sidelines involved in the decisions. The gardening people have their responsibilities and decisions to make, each other group theirs — buildings, grounds, interiors, meals, social activities, children's groups. Where those groups come together or overlap should be the board. If this is true, it much harder for these groups or for individuals to say the board is doing too little or too much because they are participating in the board. They should be contributing information to the decisions and participating in evaluating that information before and after a decision is made whether they are actually in the room or not. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines, Washington DC "Design is the first sign of human intention." William McDonough
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- Re: Fiduciary Responsibilities - Taking Care of the Community Sharon Villines, July 8 2012
- Re: Fiduciary Responsibilities - Taking Care of the Community Norman Gauss, July 8 2012
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- Re: Fiduciary Responsibilities - Taking Care of the Community Sharon Villines, July 9 2012
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