1. Diversity of the Board as a whole: it represents a variety of skills, experience, interests and professional and social backgrounds.

2. Structure: it is organized in such a way that individuals and committees assume a proper, active role in its functions.

3. Member Involvement: its members have Outward Bound® as a top priority of their volunteer commitment, demonstrate a high degree of interest in their role and responsibilities, and are genuinely concerned about the school's problems and prospects.

4. Knowledge: its members are well informed about the Outward Bound® School's operation and the social forces that are affecting service delivery.

5. Rapport: its members have mutual respect for each other regardless of differences of opinion and maintain a productive working relationship with each other.

6. Sensitivity: it is representative of, and sensitive to, different constituencies and viewpoints.

7. Sense of Priorities: its members are concerned with important and long-range issues not trivial matters.

8. Direction: its president is respected and is skilled in making certain that various points of view are expressed and satisfactory decisions are reached.

9. Strength: it is strong enough to achieve effective policy decisions.

10. Financial Support: it contains a reasonable number of members who obtain financial support for the school.

11. Board/Executive Director Relationship: it has a productive working relationship between the Executive Director and Board Members.

12. Accomplishment: it has a genuine sense of progress and achievement and members gain satisfaction from their services.

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