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BTW -
Watchman. As someone connected with a museum, does tyour museum have a board of Directors/Trustees ? How are they appointed, how are their terms lengths determined ? Who votes them onto the board ?
ORA's bylaws do not provide for term limits and re-election is a matter internal to the board. Members of the ORA Museum do not get to vote or even know who is running. If a board member wants to bring in a friend from say, Long Island, who has never been to OR and never met Cole Palen, all he needs to do is ensure his other board members will vote him in.
If you wanted to bring in someone who is, say the Mayor of Tivoli, NY - a local with a proven political and financial track record, who is connected by geography and history to the Aerodrome, somone who would actually serve the museum to good purpose, you are out of luck.
I am truly interested in the questions above. I am on the board of a museum in NJ and on the board of a non-profit. Members vote for officers and trustees. There are term limits in the by-laws and failure to perform duties, like attending board meetings results in dismissal. Not so the case at OR. Is ORA an exception, or do most other museums run that way ?
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