Our board has terms of office - terms are 3 years and members can serve two
terms in a row before they need to take a break. Membership on our board is
drawn from sub-sommittees, and from volunteers and also from people in the
community who are new to the organization but have board experience
elsewhere.

A word on exceptions: an exception that can keep valuable board members on
for longer than the accepted term can also keep controlling or otherwise
destructive members on the board for a longer term! Beware the exception!
Valuable board members can always remain on committees.

Regular change is always healthy on a board. An organization should be
bigger than the sum of its part, and able to continue smooth functioning
with new board members.

Erica

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org

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> Behalf Of Marilynn Havelka
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> Subject: Membership on Boards
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> I am writing to see if anyone has had experiences with their board on
> membership. Do most Boards have terms of office and are any exceptions
> ever made to keep a particularly valuable member on the board longer
> than the term permits? If so how was it done.  Also is membership on the
> board usually drawn from sub committees.
> Thanks in advance.
>
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