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Originally Posted by lma View Post
Hm, the secretary maybe, but having an appointed chair or treasurer who isn't even on the board seems kinda dodgy.
Actually, it's quite common to have a treasurer as a hired position. Do you think someone on the Board of PBS or Exxon has the wherewithal to do the books for a whole company? Even if they did, they'd spend so much time on that they wouldn't be able to do other duties. In those cases the Board position is often more symbolic, as they become the messenger of the person or people actually doing the books. But all in all, it is not that uncommon to have an external treasurer.

Now a Chair? Maybe not. But a created PR position? Or a something of that nature? It could make sense for some of them. As it stands right now, none of the positions can be held by anyone but a Director. Should we change that?
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