Boards- Helpful Hint #2- How to Keep Members that Miss a Meeting on Track

With the hectic schedules of many board members these days, it is almost inevitable that some members will miss meetings. Here’s a suggestion for keeping those that miss a meeting on track.

Helpful Hint #2- If a member must miss a meeting, try to make arrangements for their participation via speaker phone or conference call (be sure to follow Helpful Hint #1 so the member will be prepared and have any last minute documents which have been changed or were not included in the pre-meeting package emailed to the member). If it is not possible for attendance via telephone, then consider having the executive director- 1) send any meeting documents the member has not yet received to the member and 2) make an appointment to go over, either in person or by telephone, what took place in the meeting.