The Amy Winehouse House Board of Directors

At my fantasized cancer support organization, The Amy Winehouse House (see entry on this blog for July 20, 2008) I have designated a board of directors. Most nonprofits have on their boards some business people and medical folks and what are euphemistically known as “community volunteers” (translation: I don’t work but I have money). At The Amy Winehouse House we too have those we turn to for guidance and advice. These are the folks who help us stay true to the mission which is: Fuck Cancer.

So in the spirit of full disclosure here are the members of The Amy Winehouse House Board of Directors:

Amy Winehouse (duh)
Keith Richards
Grace Slick
Jackson Pollock
Janice Joplin
Darryl Strawberry
Sherlock Holmes
Frances Phelan
Anna Karenina
John Falstaff
Jimmy Hendrix
Joan Kennedy

As you can imagine planning refreshments for the Board meetings can be tricky. And, yes, we do know that some of these folks are dead. You may be asking why that’s important. Well, it’s kind of the point. People die of cancer so these folks are helpful on that side of things. And yes, it has also been pointed out that some of our Board members are, in fact, “fictional”. These too are important Board members. Anyone who has worked in the nonprofit world knows that these are, above all, the best kind of board members to have. You know exactly what they are going to say, and they make a lot less trouble for the staff.