[OMS_MANAGERS] Question Regarding Committee/Board Sizes for Main Street Organizations

[Director LGMSD]

Eli:

Yes, you can have too many people sitting on a governing board.  We have
11-13 people on our board and usually we have one or two folks missing at
most meetings due to conflicting schedules.  We have 12 elected people who
have 3 year terms; however, we have staggered them so each year the most we
usually have on the ballot is 4 people unless we have a vacancy due to a
resignation of one of our members.  The City of La Grande also has one
person on the board. which makes our 13th member.

Mary Ann Miesner
La Grande Main Street Downtown
102 Depot St
La Grande, OR  97850

On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM Eli Heindricks <EliHeindricks at neoedd.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I hope everyone is having a great day! Since I haven't had the chance to
> meet everyone yet, I want to quickly introduce myself before I ask a quick
> question. My name is Eli Heindricks and I'm the AmeriCorps RARE member
> working with the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District. During my
> service term with NEOEDD, I'm specifically working to develop a regional
> Main Street program in Wallowa County!
>
> We're still in the early stages of putting this program together, so I
> wanted to quickly reach out to everyone and get your thoughts on an
> administrative question we've been trying to work out. As we're thinking
> through the structural components of our regional main street program,
> we're planning to house the program in an existing organization (examples
> may include NEOEDD or the Wallowa Chamber of Commerce) that would be
> responsible for many of the administrative aspects of Main Street work.
> Each of the communities represented by the regional program would then be
> represented by a committee of local stakeholders. These community-specific
> committees would have the opportunity to focus on more of the placemaking
> aspects of Main Street, particularly as they relate to the Main Street
> Approach's Transformation Strategies and Four Points.
>
> While thinking about the make-up of these committees, we've been pondering
> how big they should be. Our goal is to have a broad swath of community
> members, business owners, and other stakeholders represented on these
> committees. With that being said, we'd be interested to hear your thoughts
> on what size of committees we should aim for. What board or committee sizes
> have worked best for other Main Street organizations? Can we have too many
> people sitting on a board or committee?
>
> Thank you all for any help you're willing to share with us! We really
> appreciate it!
>
> Best,
>
> Eli Heindricks, Regional Main Street Coordinator
> Northeast Oregon Economic Development District | AmeriCorps RARE Program
> Email: eliheindricks at neoedd.org | Phone: 541-426-3598 x5
> www.neoedd.org
>
>
>
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