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<li>:Governing the Society</li><li>:Developing Membership</li><li>:Generating Sufficient Revenue</li>
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This then is the nature of the crossroad ahead. Unless the Board takes decisive action or we enjoy a large (and presently unexpected) bequest, the options available at that crossroads will be:
:<ol type="I. "><li>The Board must start doing jobs II and III – membership recruitment and fundraising – either directly or by naming an active chairman and committee.</li>:II. <li>The Board must hire someone to do jobs II and III, which will probably require the Board to find the funds to pay that someone, as we likely aren’t large enough that anyone would take on these tasks on spec.</li>:III. <li>The Board must give away our collection and other assets to another worthy non-profit organization, with the resultant disassembly of the Society and loss of purpose.</li>:IV. <li>The Board may do nothing, and allow Consuls to sell off parts of the collection and other assets as necessary to fund continued operation of the rest, which will be a short-term remedy at best.</li>:V. <li>The Board could deliberately disband the Society, or through inaction allow it to dissolve.</li></ol>
None of these options are appealing. Even the first would require substantial additional effort by the Board. It may also take substantial time to make measurable progress on those jobs. Still, the Board must begin now if we are to avoid, or even to delay arriving at the crossroads.