Board Meetings are a great time to recharge

I just came back from a client Board Meeting.  We covered the normal business and prepared and approved the 2013 budget.  Even after 17 years of managing non-profits and working with many different boards I still leave every Board Meeting energized by the passion and focus demonstrated by the volunteer leaders.  I realize how important staff is to the smooth operations and continual improvement of an association but it is the paasion, focus and hard work of the volunteers that make any association and the work produced by the association great.