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| − | * | + | * Commitment entailed (see [[New Director Agreement]]). |
| − | * Profiles of current board members | + | ** Quarterly board meetings |
| − | * Current goals and priorities of the board | + | ** Maintaining council membership (meets monthly, directors should strive to attend majority of meetings) |
| + | ** Volunteering for FG in some capacity (variable time commitment) | ||
| + | ** Financial support. | ||
| + | ** [[Board of Directors#Board committees|Board committee]] membership expected[http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/minutes/2010-January/000844.html]. Time commitment would vary. | ||
| + | * Profiles of [[Board of Directors#Current board members|current board members]] | ||
| + | * Current [[Board of Directors#Goals_and_priorities|goals and priorities]] of the board | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 20 January 2010
This falls under the purview of the Board Recruitment/Development committee, created in October 2009.
Getting started, based on some thoughts from a brainstorm about materials and procedures that might help welcome and acclimatize new board members.
Connecting with people
- A tour with current board or staff
- Meeting with board or staff members
- Visit council meeting
- Visit staff meeting?
Organizational information
- Mission
- Programs
- Structure, including maybe some narrative on structure evolution.
- History and landmark decisions
- Organizational stats. Budget; current funding mix; volunteer numbers (active, retention, rate of change); staff numbers (which kinds, compensation); recycling, reuse, and grants numbers. Some of this of course already exists, and will need maintenance. This info will be useful to more than just board potentials. Council & tour guides, at
least, also could use it.
- Commitment entailed (see New Director Agreement).
- Quarterly board meetings
- Maintaining council membership (meets monthly, directors should strive to attend majority of meetings)
- Volunteering for FG in some capacity (variable time commitment)
- Financial support.
- Board committee membership expected[1]. Time commitment would vary.
- Profiles of current board members
- Current goals and priorities of the board