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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']But seriously, though, there is no need for all these boards. As I see it, they could well be adding another layer of unnecessary bureaucracy and may well explain the reasons it takes forever to get things done. Perhaps the time has come for a national audit of these ubiquitous boards to ascertain their mandate, relevance and purpose. It is unacceptable, too, to justify their existence by saying board members are either lowly compensated or work for free. [/FONT][FONT='Times New Roman','serif']While that may be true, board members are invited to almost every state event and that’s when some of them live “high on the hog”. Some board chairmen carry the evidence in their guts – dem have some everlasting bellies, yuh see.
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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']But seriously, though, there is no need for all these boards. As I see it, they could well be adding another layer of unnecessary bureaucracy and may well explain the reasons it takes forever to get things done. Perhaps the time has come for a national audit of these ubiquitous boards to ascertain their mandate, relevance and purpose. It is unacceptable, too, to justify their existence by saying board members are either lowly compensated or work for free. [/FONT][FONT='Times New Roman','serif']While that may be true, board members are invited to almost every state event and that’s when some of them live “high on the hog”. Some board chairmen carry the evidence in their guts – dem have some everlasting bellies, yuh see.
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