31.   Chief executives are joining fewer boards, the better to focus attention on the ones they choose.

32.   Colin Chandler, who is joining the board as deputy chairman, will succeed him.

33.   Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, recently joined the board of directors.

34.   Companies seek out women to join their boards because it makes sense.

35.   Derrick, he said, left the Law School Foundation board when Powers joined the Enron board specifically to avoid any conflict.

36.   Diller also joined the board of Home Shopping Network Inc., which is controlled by Malone and broadcasts its programs over Silver King.

37.   Diller will join the board of Montreal-based Seagram, a leading beverage, liquor and wine company that also makes movies and music.

38.   Dr. Harvey Wachsman, a physician and lawyer who joined the board last month, said the memo represented the vision of the new members.

39.   Diller is also joining the board of Home Shopping Network Inc., which is controlled by Malone and broadcasts its programs over Silver King.

40.   Earlier in the year, the fashion designer ARNOLD SCAASI joined the board of WLIW, whose studios are in Plainview, N.Y.