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WCG - BD Reponsibilities 2 4-17-09
WCG - BD Reponsibilities 2 4-17-09
WCG - BD Reponsibilities 2 4-17-09
nonprofit boards and discussed the first two. Let’s cover three and four this
week.
communication.
Put another way; the ideal relationship is marked by continuing candor about
the chief executive, to provide the board with the bad news as well as the
responsibilities affects how well the board itself functions. There can only be
one chief executive and one chair of the board; their respective
1. What is our policy for assessing the chief executive's performance? Does
the employment agreement call for such a practice? By what general process
and timetable?
experience?
Through the planning process, the board and staff translate the
organization's mission into objectives and goals, which can then be used to
focus its resources and energy. These goals, which usually require new
process that provides, in effect, the organization's business plan, the chief
in the process?" The short answer is that board members are at their best
when they ask good questions and offer ideas of their own about the
1. Do our regular board meetings (apart from retreats) include at least one
4. What goal should the organization strive to achieve for financial reserves
(for example, at least one-half of the operating budget)? Are there some
5. Are new priorities clear and the proposed means of paying for them
The United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Wyoming, and Weston
County Extension cooperate.