Elementum

Officer and Chair Succession Plan.

Make sure board leadership continues, so one resignation does not leave a vacuum at the top of the board.

Current chair, and when their term or willingness ends

Who could chair next, and are they willing and ready?

If no one is ready, who is being developed toward it, and how?

Current officers (treasurer, secretary, others), and the successor or development path for each

How leadership actually passes: overlap, handoff, what the outgoing chair leaves the incoming one

Stress test: if your chair resigned tomorrow, who signs, who runs the next meeting, who holds the board together? If nobody, that is the gap to close first

The board's emergency role if the executive is suddenly gone is emergency succession and key-person continuity; the long-term leadership pipeline is leadership pipeline and planned transition.

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