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At age 5, this board member made the local newspaper when their cochlear implant was activated—because apparently losing a tooth was not newsworthy enough.
Who is Emerson?
In 2006, Disney gave us a movie where a basketball star discovered that passing the ball was cool, but belting out a duet in the school musical was apparently life changing. This movie led to two sequels and countless people dramatically singing in hallways.
What is High School Musical?
These three officer roles help keep a board organized, documented, and financially responsible—basically the leadership trio that keeps meetings from becoming a group project with no assigned roles.
What are board chair, secretary, and treasurer?
This board member once dressed as Jeopardy host Ken Jennings, proving that all you need to host the show is a suit, confidence, and the ability to pretend you know every answer.
Who is Ammanu?
This acronym describes the panic that everyone else is doing something fun without you, even though you are probably just at home in sweatpants pretending you are “resting.”
What is the fear of missing out?
These are the two main types of board committees: one sticks around for ongoing work, and the other shows up for a specific task like it has a limited-time guest appearance.
What are standing committees and ad hoc/task force committees?
This board member owns the same shirt in several colors and gets paid to yell things everyone else gets kicked out for yelling—like “Yellow card!” and “Red card!” Name the board member and the side gig.
Who is Jim, and what is a referee?
This pop star was widely believed to be the inspiration behind Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood,” proving that sometimes celebrity drama comes with a beat, a music video, and a lot of eyeliner.
Who is Katy Perry?
This document serves as an organization’s long-term roadmap, outlining priorities, direction, and how success will be measured—because “we’ll figure it out as we go” is usually not considered a best practice
What is a strategic plan?
Drop this board member anywhere with a map, and they will find the way—while the rest of us are still arguing with GPS after missing the same turn three times.
Who is Aspen?
Before everyone was learning dances, cooking hacks, and oddly specific life advice in 30 seconds, this app was known as musical.ly. It later became the platform that made scrolling feel like a full-time job.
What is TikTok?
This legal responsibility requires board members to act with reasonable attention, competence, and good judgment—also known as reading the materials before the meeting instead of treating them like decorative PDFs.
What is the duty of care?