Probably yes, but on a different rationale than people are taking here.
Being on the EVF UK board is likely to require a significantly larger time commitment for the next few years, and is going to require a skill set that most of the current board wasn’t selected for. I base that mainly on the existence of the statutory inquiry—I think it is likely that EVF UK will end up with an action plan from the Charity Commission (at a minimum) that will require a lot more board involvement in the next few years. And, as far as I can tell, the board wasn’t optimized for experience or aptitude in corporate governance and administration. Even after the statutory inquiry closes, I assume EVF UK will remain on the CC’s radar for several years, and the board will need to make higher-than-baseline efforts to mitigate the risk of future CC involvement during that time.
Given that, and given the view that EVF exists to provide operations efficiencies rather than to micromanage the projects, it doesn’t seem that EVF board membership is the highest and best marginal use of certain board members’ time. Furthermore, in light of the changes in what the board needs, it would be appropriate to re-evaluate whether the current board members are the most qualified people to do the type of work that will be quite prominent for the next few years.
Excessively focusing the discussion of who should be on EVF’s board through the lens of certain members having been poor performers will make it harder for people to step down for other reasons, because stepping down will feel like a confession of poor performance.
Probably yes, but on a different rationale than people are taking here.
Being on the EVF UK board is likely to require a significantly larger time commitment for the next few years, and is going to require a skill set that most of the current board wasn’t selected for. I base that mainly on the existence of the statutory inquiry—I think it is likely that EVF UK will end up with an action plan from the Charity Commission (at a minimum) that will require a lot more board involvement in the next few years. And, as far as I can tell, the board wasn’t optimized for experience or aptitude in corporate governance and administration. Even after the statutory inquiry closes, I assume EVF UK will remain on the CC’s radar for several years, and the board will need to make higher-than-baseline efforts to mitigate the risk of future CC involvement during that time.
Given that, and given the view that EVF exists to provide operations efficiencies rather than to micromanage the projects, it doesn’t seem that EVF board membership is the highest and best marginal use of certain board members’ time. Furthermore, in light of the changes in what the board needs, it would be appropriate to re-evaluate whether the current board members are the most qualified people to do the type of work that will be quite prominent for the next few years.
Excessively focusing the discussion of who should be on EVF’s board through the lens of certain members having been poor performers will make it harder for people to step down for other reasons, because stepping down will feel like a confession of poor performance.