I think the board do care about CEA following through on its responsibilites to the community
I’m glad this is something the board cares about. That said, I think the board will have difficulty keeping CEA accountable for those responsibilities without 1) a specific board member being explicitly assigned this and 2) an explicit list of what those responsibilities so that CEA, its board, and the community all have the same understanding (and so non-obvious things, like the Twitter account, don’t get missed).
Related to CEA’s board: does CEA have any policies around term-limits for board members? This is a fairly common practice for nonprofits and I’m curious about how CEA thinks about the pros and cons.
I’m glad this is something the board cares about. That said, I think the board will have difficulty keeping CEA accountable for those responsibilities without 1) a specific board member being explicitly assigned this and 2) an explicit list of what those responsibilities so that CEA, its board, and the community all have the same understanding (and so non-obvious things, like the Twitter account, don’t get missed).
Related to CEA’s board: does CEA have any policies around term-limits for board members? This is a fairly common practice for nonprofits and I’m curious about how CEA thinks about the pros and cons.
On 1), there is a specific board member assigned to assessing CEA’s performance (which would include this). I agree that 2) is somewhat missing.
I’m not aware of a policy on term limits for the Effective Ventures board, and can’t speak for them.
Re: 1, can you share which board member is responsible for this?
Re: 2, is this something CEA plans to work on in say the next 3 months? If not, would it help if a volunteer did an initial draft?
Sure, it’s currently Claire Zabel, but it was Nick Beckstead until July.
We don’t plan to do this in the next 3 months. If a volunteer did a good initial draft, I think there’s an 80% chance that we use that in some way.