Electronic board reports

This article from a bank directors' briefing looks at electronic board meetings from a big company perspective, with lessons applicable to smaller businesses.

Key points:

• Looks at providing board reports on a web site rather that in a printed or emailed report
• Improved security is seen as advantage
• Allows sharing of parts of report 'as ready' rather than 'after last submission arrives'
• Directors are expected to read in full, before the meeting
• Cost for specialised board portal is about US$22,000 a year but I suspect for many smaller organisations pdf files on Yammer could make a workable alternative for free, by creating a group with access restricted to just the Board.