I really like what Kat said here. It is close to what I believe we can do with a governance Board. Policy Governance at Oregon Country Fair Working with a Portland nonprofit who made this same transition from being an Operations Board to a Policy Governance Board, I learned a few things I want to share. There seems to be a growing fear around fair that moving toward Policy Governance is the wrong direction for the fair and that fair family members would lose their influence over how the fair is run if Operations is moved to Management. That fear includes thinking that Policy Governance would shift all the power to a few people in Operations. I believe those fears are unwarranted and come out of misunderstanding what Policy Governance actually does. In fact, Policy Governance keeps the power within the Board and gives fair family members at least as much power as our previous model did, arguably more. Here is why I believe that. We are a democratic organization controlled by fair famil...
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I am running for the Board of Directors of the Oregon Country Fair this year. Here is the Purpose of the Fair as published in the Bylaws, which I pledge to follow. The purpose of the corporation shall be to sponsor The Oregon Country Fair, hereinafter "the Fair", which shall be an annual event intended to educate and inform the public about choices in personal and community lifestyle through the promotion and preservation of the work of individual crafts persons, artists, artisans, musicians, and performers, displays in a traditional fair setting, psycho-spiritual rejuvenation, and the creation of a public forum encouraging the exchange and discussion of ideas about alternative community organization, use of economic resources and appropriate technology, as well as any other lawful purpose within the scope of sections 501 (c) (3) or 509 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue code.