Help! My Board Chair Is a Wimp

Small town. The center of culture lives here at this library. And the building is a jewel in the town. Historic. Small staff. Small local board. Not a lot of money for board education. Actually, no money.

Also, not a lot of role clarity. In fact, two staff members are also board members.

Messy.

It’s board meeting time. The library director presents a new proposal to the board. There has been a request from the Lion’s Club. The mayor of the small town is the head of the Lion’s Club. Someone has donated a statue to the Lion’s Club, and the club has asked if it could be put in front of the library. The club has no building of its own, and the library is the most beautiful, prominent building in town.