Keep Meetings on Time Many people who serve on a park board today are busy people and they don't want to waste time. Some presidents set a time-frame for each agenda item. It's the president's responsibility to run an effective meeting without wasting time. I get an occasional call from either an executive or a board member inquiring about special board meetings without the executive present. Usually these meetings focus on the executive's job performance.
Some executives have contracts that prohibit the board from meeting without the executive.
Meeting without the executive divides the team. The executive is part of the policy-making team. Meetings excluding the executive destroys the sense of team. The executive needs to be present to explain his or her decisions. To do otherwise is undermining the executive.