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An open letter to alumni and friends
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Diversifying the Eagle Hill Board
The institute is in the process of discussing how it can diversify its Board to expand its ability to refine its missions and to take on new missions.
Division Boards ... The institute is dedicated to its core scientific and literary purposes in the field of natural history science, but it has keen parallel interests in other fields, most notable in the of fields music, fine art, and astronomy. The complexity of each of these interests and their potential importance to the institute requires expert oversight. It is for this reason that we are diversifying the Board of the Institute into a number of Division Boards.
Search committee ... We welcome inquiries from members of the extended Eagle Hill family who may be interested in joining a search committee to help us to identify candidates for the following Division Boards.
- Natural history science
- Music
- Fine art
- Astronomy
A "Humboldtian balance" ... With the goal of achieving a harmonic balance among the Division Boards, they will be semi-autonomous and will meet regularly to integrate their activities. Each Board will be responsible for setting its own mission goals and for its own respective fundraising efforts.
Board member responsibilities ... We are seeking candidates who have either Board-level experiences with a nonprofit organization in their area of expertise, or who have a clear sense of how they would like to help further the mission interests of the institute. In both cases, prospective Board members are asked to make an annual donation and help with fundraising by being open to reaching out to colleagues and friends who may welcome taking an interest in Eagle Hill. They are also asked to assist with strategizing about grant applications. In short, we are asking Board members to play an ongoing proactive role, rather than an occasional advisory role, on behalf of the institute.