Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Its a voting seat if the board allows the vote. Generally board work is done outside the actual meetings. I think the last board meeting conducted by RA was 7 minutes long. I highly doubt we are in the know, when it comes to major business plans. Somebody should ask if our board member was aware of a $2B security offering. That's board level stuff.
Our Board member doesn't show up for 7 minutes and then go home. I know that they sit on Board committees, get complete briefing papers handed out to every Board member and participate in every discussion. You might be thinking of the Annual Shareholders meeting. Board work is usually several days long and from my conversations with previous ALPA representatives serving in that position, it's a lot of work and prep.
The Board also meets more often than just quarterly. Whenever something of import requires it, they meet.