On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:00:01 -0400, Joy Houle <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Has anyone had any experience with board members who are not able to
>attend board meetings for a period of several months? I have a board
>member who plans to take a course and the course times conflict with our
>board meeting times. This board member is supposed to give a report at
>each meeting. I'm concerned about setting a bad precedent among other
>things. Has anyone had to deal with this before? Is this something that
>the board should discuss and decide on?

Joy,

Something we did occasionally at a small museum I worked for was to allow
board members to take a 'leave of absence' if they had some extended
committment that interfered with meeting attendance. This way, if they are
a valued board member, they are allowed to finish their term without
being 'kicked off' the board. I think there is a difference between simply
ditching board meetings with no reasonable notice, and having a conflicting
committment. I also second the idea that these things should be clearly
defined in the bylaws.

Melissa

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