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IME, Peter is spot on. The most ineffective board I ever sat on was a charter school board. There was so much representation present that nothing could get de
by thrill 8y ago
IME, Peter is spot on. The most ineffective board I ever sat on was a charter school board. There was so much representation present that nothing could get decided in the time allotted. This was, in retrospect, perfectly optimized by the administration of the time - they did whatever they wanted, and unless it really upset a large number of people, nothing changed.
- simonsarris 8y agoYeah everyone should serve on a board or just a committee (there are plenty in your town I promise) to see what this looks like. My town had a downtown improvement committee of 3 people which seemed successful, so to further expand its "power" they decided to add dozens of people to it (I was one of the ones added). What I saw was eye-opening.
- ajdlinux 8y agoI served on a student club committee as an undergrad, where at one point we had over 20 representatives, which made it hard to even make quorum consistently. What effectively happened was that a small group of us with executive positions were the ones who actually ran the society, and we had our own meetings where we nailed down plans then presented it to the wider group as essentially a fait accompli. Everything was far saner after we passed new regulations to force it down to a mere 11 people...