ABOUT BOARD MEETING AGENDA

This menu captures the planned agenda for the next meeting of the NCF
Board.  It will be built over the time between meetings and will reflect
items as they are identified and added to the agenda.  Where ever
possible, as an item is added to the agenda, any backup documentation
necessary to understand the background and issues involved in the item
will also be added to the Agenda menu. 

This approach to building the agenda of a meeting is intended to help
Board members by providing them with easy and immediate access to the most
current information on the next meeting, and so help them to be prepared
for the meeting.

To any member of NCF, the same information gives them a view of the
current issues, and provides some advance notice before a meeting in case
they wish to offer their views on any topic to Board members.  Since all
Board meetings are open to the public, individuals may want to followup on
a topic of interest by attending the meeting when the topic is on the
agenda. 

Minutes of board meetings are processed as follows:
* Taken at meeting
* Submitted to directors by email for first review (a few days later)
* Draft posted in 'go agenda' as an information item for next meeting
  (generally within a week of the meeting)
* Draft reviewed, maybe amended and approved at next board meeting
  (generally third Tuesday of the month, a month after previous meeting)
* Posted in 'go minutes' (generally a few days after board meeting in
  which they were reviewed, which is about a month after the minuted meeting)

So minutes from a board meeting are available in draft form about a
week after the meeting and then in approved form about a month after
the meeting.  Unapproved draft minutes may contain errors.