Governing Board News
The Communications Committee announces the addition of the Committee Blog!
To make it easier for Committee Chairs and Committee members to communicate with their constituents, the Communications Committee has installed a new Committee Blog. Any Committee member can now easily post information about a committee issue, activity, or event.
Check it out! A permanent link to the new Committee blog can be found in the left navigation column on the home page.
Board Attendance Policy
Elected board members are required to attend a certain number of monthly meetings to maintain their active member status. All the details can be found in the bylaws, but here are the highlights:
- You are allowed 3 board meeting absences in a year (our year runs May 1st - April 30th). You're not required to tell anyone why you're not there, but if you want to notify someone, the Chair of Nominations & Elections Committee is ideal.
- If you're going to miss a 4th meeting, email a request for an excused absence to the Nom & Elec Chair. Probably a good idea to include the reasons why you missed those first 3 and what's going on for the 4th one.
- If the excusal is granted for a 4th absence, you're good.
- If it's NOT granted (the committee decides), you'll be dropped to the bottom of the alternate list and your term is offered to the top alternate.
- You'll also be dropped to the bottom of the alternate list if you don't contact the Chair in advance of the meeting.
- If you're absent for a 5th meeting, you'll be removed from the governing board roster (skipping the alternate list).
Check with the Nom & Elec Committee if you have any questions.