steveimp wrote:
NottyImp wrote:
As I've mentioned elsewhere, co-option is a commonly used method to bring expertise to a Board that its elected members may lack. Myself and my wife were co-opted Trustee members of a local charity for precisely that reason. In that role, my wife raised £250k through bid-writing that has kept the charity running.
The trade off though is being constantly co-opted each period and believing in the full democratic principles of being a Trust.
If someone is constantly co-opted onto any board without ever putting themself up for democratic elections, isn't that cheating the system? Why should anyone have to put themselves up for voting?
Does that happen? I genuinely don't know. My own view is that one would hope that the elected Board would be sensible enough to co-opt on the basis of ability and usefulness. Given that most of the Board is elected, I don't see it as a major problem in any case.
Rob Bradley has also stated in this thread that most of the elected members will have to stand down this term. For those that have concerns about the running of the Trust (or who just want to get involved), my advice would be to put themselves forward for election.