Steve Drake looks at the huge loss of Baby Boomers from Associations and wonders who they will replace them all. Especially with the shift to freelancing, the time people spend is not compensated for.
Most of the board were employees of companies or universities. I was a self-employed consultant. “What most who were on salary from their employer didn’t realize is that when I was attending board meetings, I was not paid. Every meeting cost me money in lost business. One board member told me, ‘well, I never thought about that.