The board has created communication policies as requested. I would like to make a couple of other suggestions I learned when sitting on volunteer boards.
Policies: I think we should actually vote these into our organizational rules, rather than have them be voluntary (IMO). They are located here: Documents: Organizational Documents
I want to remind everyone that the Road Board members are volunteers. The tasks they take on for the Road District are in addition to full-time jobs, family obligations, and other life duties. At least one board member has taken on multiple volunteer projects and activities for the road district on top of their regular board member duties.
My suggestions:
1) State requests simply and clearly - be succinct. This allows more efficient communication and your requests will be easier to understand if not contained in longer, more discursive messages.
2) Be patient - the board can get to most requests rather quickly. Those requests needing more hours to meet the request, need more days to get done. Member's board duties are often done after a full workday and on weekends.
3) Be kind - the current use of text, email, and social media is recognized by professionals as having caused great harm in how we all communicate with each other. It has soured decorum and politeness. A great tip is to not send an initial written message if we are super angry. Perhaps write it, then rewrite it again and remove personal attacks and mean-sounding language. Speak in written forms as you would want someone to speak to you.
4) Avoid personal attacks and overexaggerated mischaracterizations of each other - board or community member. It hurts everyone to have disparaging, mean, and untrue characterizations leveled at them.
I think we all want a great community and to get along with each other.
Thanks for listening. Elise Wolf
1) I am defending all volunteers. And I can defend my husband however and as much as I want, thank you.
2) I am the one reminding everyone about the roles of the board and their volunteer activities. Not Whitney, so, no board member is - I am not Whitney, though people do think that I am Whitney sometimes because his name is both male and female. But, at this point, we have not physically merged.
4) The website is additional volunteer work. Not related to the required tasks of the board. My point is simply that the website should not be expected as a responsibility of the board. Anyone else can take it over, anytime.
I won't engage with you anymore. You could have read my post and found something to like about it. Instead, you just found fault.