December 11, 1997 | Read Time: 1 minute
A free electronic newsletter for members of charity governing boards has been developed by two non-profit groups — the Center for Nonprofit Management in San Francisco and the Volunteer Consulting Group in New York.
Board Cafe, which is financed largely by the Charles Schwab Corporation Foundation, will be published monthly via fax and e-mail. Each issue suggests several simple ways to improve a board’s performance and explores one issue of trusteeship in depth.
The inaugural issue, which came out last month, suggests that boards create a poster with definitions of often-used acronyms and post it in the board meeting room so it can be referred to easily by trustees during sessions. The issue also includes a form that board committees can use to write annual reports of their activities.
Jan Masaoka, executive director of the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, says that Board Cafe was designed to be read quickly by busy board members. “They simply don’t have the time to read the literature about boards,” says Ms. Masaoka.
Executive directors and board presidents can order subscriptions for their organization’s board members by sending the Support Center for Nonprofit Management a list of members’ fax numbers or e-mail addresses. People can also use a form on the center’s Web site to sign up.
To subscribe: Contact the Support Center for Nonprofit Management; (415) 541-9000; fax (415) 541-7708; e-mail supportcenter@supportcenter.org; World-Wide Web http://www.supportcenter.org/sf/boardcafe.html
