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1、UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgricultureRuralDevelopmentCooperativeRuralBusiness–CooperativeServiceDirectors:CooperativeInformationReport62AskingNecessaryQuestionsAbstractThisreportprovidesquestionsthatdirectorsneedtoaskincarryingouttheirdistinctrolesandresponsibilities.Thequestionspertaintoahosto
2、fissuesandcircumstancesconfrontingdirectors.Theyareintendedtoremindandeducatedirectorsabouttypesofinformationtheyneedtogleanfromcooperativemanagement,staff,auditors,members,otherdirectors,andfromvariousoutsidecontactstoeffectivelycarryouttheirduties.Thequestionspresentedpertaintoimportantarea
3、s:cooperativecharacterandprinciples,governancestructure,policyandlegalaspects,memberrelationsandeducation,management,financialoversight,audits,consul-tants,andstrategicplanning.Somemajorstrategicthinkingissuesfordirectorstocontemplatearealsopresented.AlistingofUSDAinformationsourcesrelevanttot
4、heposedquestionsisprovidedattheendofmostsec-tionsthatcorrelatetoreferencesattheendofthereport.ThisreportprovidesabroadersetofquestionsthananotherdirectorinformationreportbyauthorsatCornellUniversity.Thatreportisreferencedtoprovideanotherinformationsource.KeyWords:directors,responsibilities,qu
5、estions,issues,information.CooperativeDirectors:AskingNecessaryQuestionsJamesJ.WadsworthProgramLeaderEducationandMemberRelationshttp://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/csdir.htmCooperativeInformationReport62October2003PrefaceCooperativedirectors,especiallythosewithlimitedbusinessexperience,mayfin
6、dthemselvesinaquandaryastowhattoaskmanagers,staff,audi-tors,members,otherdirectors,andotheroutsideresourcesaboutthestatusoftheircooperative.Thisreportguidesdirectorsinaskingtheneces-saryquestionstoinvokeinformativeresponses.Answersarenotprovidedbecauseeverycooperativesituationwillbedifferenta
7、ndgeneralanswersarenotappropriate.However,thereportdoesseektopointdirectorstovariouscooperativereferencematerialsdevelopedbyUSDA,andacoupleoutsidesources,whereapplicabletoparticularsetsofquestions.Thisreportprovidesaneducationalresourcefordir
