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The staff and board at Metro Arts and Film (MAF) contributed what they could to the life and times of the organization, but their combined talents and flaws led to unhappy times.

How do you size up the situation? While it's rarely helpful to assign blame, we can learn a few things from the characteristics of these managers:

Laurel, the board president, may not have been as involved as we might have expected she should be.

Chris, the founding director, may have left an unfavorable imprint on the organization.

Jackie, the new director, may have gotten in over her head.

Others?

How do you see it? What person or circumstance do you see as particularly important is explaining the fate of MAF?