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From: BDF-Buds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BDF-Buds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chris408sj Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:18 PM To: BDF-Buds@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Friends of DeFrank] Board Members Needed - Contact Me if Interested
Volunteer Position: Board Member Job Description - From DeFrank Website
Description The Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is a vital and successful community organization because of its strong and committed staff and volunteers. A volunteer, community-based board of Center Members with a diversity of skills, talents, backgrounds, and ideas is key in that continued success.
As the primary policy-makers for the organization, Board Members are expected to attend regular monthly board meetings, quarterly board workshops and are encouraged to participate in standing and/or ad hoc working committees of the board as well as participating in special events and projects of the Center. While not responsible for the day-to-day program and operational functions of the organization, the board is ethically, fiscally, and legally responsible for the Center. Ethical Responsibilities to the Center: * Assure that the Center stays true to its mission, and that its ongoing activities are current and relevant to its long-term goals * Act as an ambassador for the Center by promoting the Center and its mission and encouraging others to participate as members, volunteers, potential board members and/or donors * Contribute ideas and special skills to further the mission of the Center Fiscal Responsibilities to the Center: * Gain understanding of the Center’s budget and financial reports to assure that the Center continues to operate in a fiscally responsible manner * Ensure that Center is adequately funded by participating in activities that bring resources into the Center * Contribute financially to the Center at the level that is personally significant Legal Responsibilities to the Center: * Gain understanding of the bylaws and legal obligations of the Center and dutifully adhere to those standards and disclosing any conflicts of interest in performing those obligations * Participate in the creation and review of policies that provide guidance and vision for the Center and further its mission * Make prudent decisions based on the needs of those the Center serves, putting the interests of the organization above personal interests
Experience Previous Board experience preferred
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