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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All 3 new current parent members to the Governing Board at St. Albans belong to Chevy Country Club, in addition to several that are already on the board.

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I’m on a different board and we have a similar phenomenon.

What we’ve found is that it is very, very difficult to get people to make the leaps from saying they should be on the board to volunteering with a committee for 1-3 years to be eligible for being on the board to committing to multi-year terms that include multiple meetings per month. Everyone says they want to be on the board but the people who commit and do the heavy lifting tend to be people with strong social ties who feel an obligation to each other, the school, and the work. I have served on a trustee committee (responsible for recruiting new trustees) and we don’t think about club memberships. We focuson who has been actively serving the school, their professional background and how it fits our current needs (risk management, facilities planning and investment management). I think that active club members often overlap with board members both require similar energy levels and willingness to work with others and get along.[/quote]

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