[Foundation-l] Would you consider being on the Board?

Sun Jun 11 16:02:40 UTC 2006

On 6/11/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I strongly believe the CEO should not be on the board. It seems to make
> sense in small organisations, but I would say it is not suitable in our
> case.
>
> Doubly when the CEO is not only on the board, but also the chair of that
> board.
>
> And triply (if that term exist) when the CEO not only is the chair of
> the board, but also the foundator of the leading project.

Indeed, it is highly inappropriate for the CEO to be on the board.  It
is not uncommon for the CEO to be ex-officio a member of the executive
committee, but the CEO should not serve on the board.

Kelly