The purpose of this process is to allow trustees (including Board members and elected officials) to become clear in relationship to their role as trustees in non-profit and public institutions and determine what actions, immediate and long range, they need to undertake in order to fulfill that responsibility.  The following is a list of frequently covered issues.

•   How we will operate with one and other?
•   Why does this organization exist?  Should it exist?
•   Are there others doing similar work?  Is there      

duplication of service?  Cooperation?

•   Policy versus Administration - the role of the Board.
•   The Board's responsibility outside of the board

room.

•   The role of the CEO/President/Executive Director.
•   The care and nurturing of staff and volunteers.
•   The greatness and weaknesses of founders.
•   Budgets as policy statements, clarity, simplicity and  

directness.

•   Money as a reality factor.
•   The role of committees and membership on them.
•   Officers
•   Governance (process, procedures, election, size of

the Board)

Once these basics are clear and there is alignment among the participants (the process of reaching alignment is demonstrated by dealing with actual issues), the second half of the process entails determining the following.

•   Where are we?
•   What is the actual condition of the organization? 

Not what we wish were true, the truth.

•   Where do we want to be, exactly and precisely?
•   How are we going to get there, using specific,

measurable objectives?

•   Who needs to do what to or with whom in order for

that to happen, starting with the person sitting in your chair?

•   Completion and next steps.

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