I have been the director of two relatively small historical
socities-budgets under a million. One had very close invovlement by the
board-all checks over $500 had to be signed by an officer as well as the
director (or two officers if the director was not available). The other,
in a rural area, the board did not have as much daily invovemen. Frankly,
I prefered the closer invovlement. Once a week I would gather up the
invoices and checks and trot down to the treasurer's office. From a
political point of view, it meant the board was informed on a regular
basis of what was going on. A point that helped me reduce the number of
board and committee metings.