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I feel like there are a lot of decisions being made that the board (as a whole) has no input into. Is this how we envisioned things happening? Seriously, who decided on the dates of MotM 2018? Is this solely the Event Planning committee's authority? I was just surprised that I heard nothing about the dates. Yes, I knew we committed to two years in San Diego, but NOTHING about the dates. And then there is a broadcast message to the entire membership. In my recollection, the committees were supposed to bring things to the board for approval. Did I miss something???

@ThereseLogeais I agree, but I thought it may have just been me, since I'm new (or because I missed the breakfast meeting earlier in the week). We did have an initial discussion about the roles - the board establishes policy (or direction) and, at times, may get into more detail beyond policy for important items. Committees and the Executive Director are tasked with implementation and procedures based on what the board has established - i.e. the details to support what was decided. These are standard roles, but being a smaller organization and getting our feet wet, I expect the board should be more involved in the details until such time as we decide not to, which I would hope would be sooner than later. For now, we need constant communication to make sure we are in agreement.

@ThereseLogeais Didn't we agree that we needed to move the date of MotM a week later to provide breathing room from other events, or am I mistaken?

This is all I have.

This is all growing pains. We need to step away from doing the work but be involved in making the big decisions. The date wasn't in my Outlook calendar but that doesn't mean much. I need to make sure my wife doesn't make vacation plans for that week as that is when we have been going lately (because MOTM has been the 3rd week of February). Thursday meeting should be lively.

I think this is a useful speed bump to us. We had agreed to bump MOTM out a week, but never explicitly said, ""These days: ..."" . We also didn't really then drill down and say, ""If then, this is is what our planning dates are, and we the deadlines back here.: ... "". The challenge with direction >> approval with the execution elsewhere is that if the direction isn't fairly specific then approval ends up being pressured into a sort of rubber stamp of the committee. While I agree that the hotel arrangement that Jim and Moira negotiated is ultimately the right thing for us, I must admit to having been a little bit put off by the process. I think everybody's intentions were of the best sort, but we also know which road is paved with them! We should be a bit more vigilant. Not a lot, just a bit.

I guess I'm shocked at the shock is all. We discussed moving it out a week due to the proximity to other events in February. I had looked at my calendar when we did that and put it on there tentatively. Feb 23 2017 + 1 year + 1 week is March 1 2018. It's not the best time for me. My daughter's birthday is March 4 but I also realize the event isn't about me.

I don't know if ""shock"" is the right word that I'm hearing. For me, it was more of ""Oh yes. We knew about '2', and approved '3' so '5' makes sense but I didn't really 'know' that until now."" Some of this, too, is us adjusting internally to a slightly different way of processing decisions. Managers adjusting to truly delegating decisions. I am not worried.

@JerryNorman so far you and I are the only two acknowledging it was understood.