How do you develop board committees?

Summary:

Committees should have clear purpose, active membership, meet regularly and have representation on the board as a whole.

The Free Management Library provides specific suggestions for developing board committees. See
http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/brdcmtte.htm#anchor18214

Also see ideas for ensuring active board committees at
http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/goodcmte.htm and
suggestions for ensuring effective committee meetings at
http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm#anchor580207