Person Who Listens to Your Ideas, a __ Board

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from African grasslands, Group 1549, Puzzle 4 (Chobe National Park).

Question is: Person Who Listens to Your Ideas, a __ Board

and the answer is: SOUNDING

Word Meaning:

SOUNDING — The action of the verb to sound.

Definitions from Wiktionary.