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Cari, There are some boards of directors made up of people who want their names to be on the letterhead as a matter of prestige - and these are often boards that you have to buy your way onto. Other boards of directors want you for your mind and your effort - which is the way it should be. When you join a board, you accept certain fiduciary responsibilities, and you are expected to do the work necessary to meet those responsibilities. The DAPS (Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society) board, to which I belong, also expects all of its members to be active on various committees My recommendation: Do your work as a board member conscientiously and well. Give what is expected of all members in terms of money (dues, raffle tickets, etc.) and little more, but less if you can't afford that. If they don't appreciate you or want you, wait until the time comes for you to be re-elected to the board; part company, and you'll be the one who's better off Art At 09:53 PM 12/1/99 , you wrote: >as a member on a board of a PD organization - is it common for the >founder/ceo/president/ etc. to always be requiring the board members to >contribute for things on a mandatory basis? > >i.e. - money to "be" on the board >money to advertise in any booklets going out >money to fund events > >thanks - >cari >daughter of -