What is the average # of hours you work per week in your Board position. What are the peak demand times? When is it slow?
Great question! It honestly has not been slow in the last 12 months. The first year I averaged probably 10 to 12 hours a week, and then the second year was a little slower as I learned what needed to be left to staff, what I should focus my energy on, etc.
This third year has been a lot of work. Between COVID and an enhanced Majors Committee presence its sometimes been 15 hours a week.
I hosted the Majors Summit in Peoria in January, so that was about 40 hours of prep work, two full days of meetings, and then I spent about 6 weeks (off and on) writing the summary report for presentation to the BOD (ended up being 7,000 words). I finished that report, and 24 hours later the NBA shutdown and COVID-19 came to the forefront, so I have only recently begun to report some of those findings to the BOD. I expect to report the rest of the summary to the BOD at the Fall Summit later this year.
Peak times are definitely the Spring Summit (I am usually gone for 3 to 5 days), the Fall Summit (I am usually gone for 5 to 6 days) and then November/December time frame. I have reviewed the budget the last few years and that happens at the end of the year, so I spend a considerable amount of time on that based on my financial background. Additionally the BOD is tasked with choosing the major bids in November/December, so I put some serious effort into that to make sure we are picking the right hosts.
I am happy to answer additional questions!
