Sometimes the administrative staff does not want their employees to be familiar with the trustees. But I felt differently about that. As a specific example, when I became general director, I insisted that the executive of the board add the controller to the board meetings that had never been done before. And the reason I did it is I said, look, I am the executive who’s spending the money. This is the guy that is determining whether I’m spending it according to mission, and properly. And if you’re just going to take my word for it at a board meeting, you’re short circuiting, not only yourself, but me. I don’t want that exposure. I want this controller to be able to say, he’s made a dreadful mistake and won’t listen to me.
