Anyone sit on a board of a nonprofit and care to share any thoughts on upside / downside?

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Upside:  opportunity to contribute to another entity and share your “time, talent, & treasure”

foster deeper connections within a community

further develop your social skill set aka navigating politics of organizations often filled with passionate folk.

depends tremendously on the org leadership and their needs > size and scope of org and longevity of the staff.

In the ag field 3 year terms are pretty standard, and most folks ideally serve two terms.

downside:  time to invest is quite often very real.  would suggest you gauge an accurate estimation of time per month and depending on how well you know the org there should be a deep engagement from the outset to get up to speed quick.

Advisory boards can be a nice step if they aren’t just used for window dressing.