Inclusion Advocacy operates with a volunteer board made up of self-advocates, parents and other members of our community.
Inclusion Advocacy operates with a volunteer board made up of self-advocates, parents and other members of our community.
The Board for 2020-2021
Executive:
- Catherine Molloy- President
- Amanda Evans - Vice President
- David Maynard- Treasurer
- Elizabeth Newhook - Secretary
Directors:
- Julie-Anne Morris
- Amber Richard
- Dan Robichaud
- Normand Robichaud
Staff: (Biographies)
- Connie Melanson-Savory - Executive Director
Board Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities of all Board members include
- Regularly attend Board meetings and important related meetings (1per month). Take a lead in at least 1Committee and actively support work of other committees
- Make serious commitment to participate actively in committee work
- Volunteer for and willingly accept assignments and complete them thoroughly and on time
- Stay informed about Board and committee matters, be well-prepared for meetings, and review and comment on minutes and reports
- Get to know other committee members and build a collegial working relationship that contributes to consensus
- Be an active participant in the committee's annual evaluation and planning efforts
- Participate in fund raising for the organization
Setting Direction
- Develop and maintain strategic plan with focus on the mission and vision
- Establish and oversee implementation of strategic direction
- Develop achievable goals and objectives and set priorities
- Define and delegate authority for organizational management
- Articulate, safeguard, model and promote association values
Governance and Outcome Evaluation
- Establish governing policies for organizational decision and ensure accountability
- Determine how the Board conceives, carries out and monitors its own task
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and ethical standards
- Monitor progress and evaluate outcomes
Board Capacity Building
- Ensure that the Board works continuously to be effective, efficient, and caring
- Ensure that the Association’s work brings results and that uses its time and resources efficiently, and is accountable and trustworthy
- Identify what actions must be taken to implement the strategic plan
- Review, approve and monitor the operational plan
- Present a full slate of Board and Executive members at the AGM
- Cultivate, recruit and orient new board members
- Ensure board and committee members bring expertise in key areas, represent diverse points of view and community experience
- Renew board and committee members on an ongoing basis
- Engage all Board members in the work of the Association, committees and groups
- Provide information, training and development opportunities on an ongoing basis
- Develop new leadership and rotate experienced members
- Cultivate a sense of group responsibility
- Engage the Board in assessing its own performance
- Celebrate victories and individual contributions to the Association and the community
- Help shape that Board’s macro agenda for the upcoming year, based on S P
- Regularly review and update the Board’s statement of its roles and responsibilities
Purpose of Board Meeting
- To hear about progress in the achievement of the various objectives of the organization
- To hear reports of board committees and to make policy decisions, where required, based on committee reports
- To make policy decisions
- To inspire board members toward greater service
- To provide a vehicle for board members to meet board members, for board members to meet staff
- To oversee, maintain administration of the organization and to give guidance to ED and committees
- To legitimate
- To communicate
- To coordinate
- To organize
- To plan
- To meet legal requirements for board meetings