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Date: | Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:12:03 -0500 |
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At 12:09 AM 3/21/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Our museum has a BOD elected by the BOD. Cantidates are suggested by
>the general membership. I see this as an attempt by the Director to
>excercize totalitarian control. I have never encountered this before,
>all groups I have worked with before have a BOD elected by the general
>membership.
>Is this ethical?
Most boards have a Nominating Committee who interviews candidates suggested
by the Board, Executive Director, or itself. Candidates are then generally
voted in by the entire board based on these interviews and/or
recommendations and possibly later confirmed by the general membership. I
don't see it as totalitarian control, because one would assume that the
board will do what is best for the institution as a whole rather than
according to self-interest. I don't see how a membership of, say, 3000
could possibly agree on *the* best candidates for the board otherwise.
Julia Moore
Indianapolis Art Center
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