In its regular nonprofit column the Tallahassee Democrat author noted the following:
"There is nothing scarier than a board meeting that is 100% focused on what you did last month instead of where the organization seeks to be three years from now. Board meetings that last more than 90 minutes, without agreeing in advance to a longer meeting, send chills down our spine! "
So true! While evaluation is one of its functions, so too is strategy and to that point, focusing on fiduciary duties is best done with forward not past consideration. Really, if it's the past that becomes a fiduciary focus, it's pretty much too late except as learning for the future.