Submitted by Brenda Willman
I offer this piece of information to the coop, noting that the full link is available at https://www.lesaonline.org/product/webinar-on-demand-board-governance-for-not-for-profit-organizations-4-day-series/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DMMar22_WOD
I believe one may need to be with a legal firm to access LESA material, but if so, that's something we could ask 'our lawyer' to set up for our Board (which they should be able to do for a minimal fee, if any at all). Perhaps the Day 1 and 3 webinars might prove most useful to an actual person serving on a Board (as opposed to being useful only to counsel serving a Not-for-Profit Organization).
Please consider this in the thoughtful and knowledgeable way in which it was intended. I have worked in the legal profession for 25+ years and know there are resources out there that lay people can understand without the benefit of a Law Degree. I shouldn't have to say so, but this is not a finger-pointing exercise. Many people took to these pages to opine on how/why we should move forward. I am suggesting that our Board could get a start on managing their own dysfunction, and that can dovetail into managing dysfunction within the coop at large. We have to start somewhere...
