The lines of authority and responsibility of both the board and the chief executive must be clearly defined and both must understand where their responsibilities and authorities are joined and where they are completely separate. If the agency is to be successful there must be a good relationship among the board, chief executive and staff. The board must reward the chief executive and praise his accomplishments. In turn, the chief executive must recognize that board members are volunteers who give untold hours to the park and recreation field. Day by day, the number of volunteers decreases in this country.
Volunteers represent the best in America.
Stop and think. Thanks for the golf course or recreation center. Thanks for using your station wagon to transport kids to a ball game. Thanks for hugging the participants of the Special Olympics. It frightens me to think what we would do without them.