We invited a respected colleague - who grew up in Cameroon (my Peace Corps home) and is now an experienced regulator and politician - to join our Fair Trade Recycling board of directors.
His response resonates...
"Robin, which kind of Board of Directors is this?"
What do you mean?
"Is it like the Board of Directors of General Motors, or IBM, where you pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend a meeting which other people did all the work on...?"
My face says of course, not.
"Or is it the invitation to be on a Board I am supposed to feel good about and will therefore be expected to attend a lot of timely meetings without compensation?"
