Hi Brad. Your organization sounds a bit like ours. When I came on as
director 5 years ago I was the first professional staff. We are private,
non-profit with less than half of our operating budget provided by
government entities. We now have 3 staff: myself (FT), an office mgr (3/4T)
and a woman who works cataloguing collections one day a week (7 hrs). By
necessity our board remains a working board. Our standing committees
include: Executive, Fundraising, Long-range Planning, Collections,
Programming, Marketing, Membership, and Buildings and Grounds. Other
committees can be established as necessary. Some of our committees meet
weekly or bi-weekly (fundraising) while others meet only once a month or
less (collections). Committees are headed by and contain mostly board
members, but non-board members may also serve on our committees. (We have a
board of 15 members).

I think your size and stage in organizational evolution should be taken into
account when determining your committee structure. And understand that often
a committee is only as good and productive and those who serve on it! We are
very lucky to have a concerned and involved board of directors! Good luck!


Teresa M. Goforth
Executive Director
Courthouse Square Association
Charlotte, MI



> From: waterford museum <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:22:02 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: board committees
>
> Hello to all. I am the director of a small history museum. The formely all
> volunteer organization has not updated its board commitees since brining on
> professional staff. They have asked me to get examples of other committee
> breakdowns from other museums. Any examples that you can post or send would
> be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Brad Utter
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