The important question for you to consider is not how other boards are doing but rather how your board is doing. If your board functions like most, the answer is not well. A senior pastor of a large denominational church in the Midwest confided in me recently: “I hate board meetings!” However, I suspect that he wouldn’t admit this to the other board members. And the irony is that the others probably hate board meetings as well, yet they won’t admit it either. Someone needs to blow