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=== Roles and Responsibilities of Board of Directors === | === Roles and Responsibilities of Board of Directors === | ||
*The two paid staff (BikeWorks Coordinator and Executive Director) will be attending all board meetings for the coming year. | *The two paid staff (BikeWorks Coordinator and Executive Director) will be attending all board meetings for the coming year. | ||
*We are a policy governing board, as we hire an executive director to implement board policy, though we have only been this way for the past few years. **See: Roles and Responsibilities of Not-for-Profit Boards http://www.rcvo.org/media/793/BD_roles.pdf | *We are a policy governing board, as we hire an executive director to implement board policy, though we have only been this way for the past few years. | ||
**See: Roles and Responsibilities of Not-for-Profit Boards http://www.rcvo.org/media/793/BD_roles.pdf | |||
=== Type of Board === | === Type of Board === | ||
*What sort of board do we want to be: a policy governing board, or an administrative governing board? It is important that the board takes on the obligations which its role requires of it. | *What sort of board do we want to be: a policy governing board, or an administrative governing board? It is important that the board takes on the obligations which its role requires of it. | ||
*Idea to engage board members: Each member could potentially have their own office hours in which they are more accessible to volunteers, the public, and can represent a certain committee. | *Idea to engage board members: Each member could potentially have their own office hours in which they are more accessible to volunteers, the public, and can represent a certain committee. | ||
*What is our governance process? | *What is our governance process? We don’t use Roberts Rules, how will we go about deciding policy or making decisions within the board? | ||
=== Formulating Policies === | === Formulating Policies === | ||