One other thing

> Communication with staff and volunteers goes through the Executive Director or with their active consent.

Ah. So if a volunteer has a grievance (legitimate or not) with the ED, and they want to reach out to a board member (presumably the one most likely to be qualified to handle the problem) that board member must ASK the ED to be allowed to hear them?

I do see the point of this item, can't have board members run circles around the ED, but ...