The board's role in a building decision
A board's job in a building project is not to become the design team. It is to set the program, approve the budget frame, appoint decision-makers who can answer promptly, and hold the project to the quote it approved.
Projects stall most often when decision authority is unclear — when every choice must return to a full board, or when no one is empowered to sign off.
Three practices help: name one or two decision contacts; agree the budget frame and what triggers a return to the board; and require itemized quotes at each major stage, so approval is of a document, not a conversation.
PRIMER's role is to give the board those documents in time to read them — and to keep rabbinic and communal authority with the client's own authorities throughout.
Take the printable discussion summary to your next meeting: it turns these points into a one-page agenda.
