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.