Our dance elects a new board every spring, which is usually the same as the previous board (most changes happen through people leaving mid-year and then us drafting replacements). We don't have term limits, though they might be a good idea. Our current board members have been on for 9m, 9m, 9m, 9m, 9m, 3y, 4y, and 12y (hi!): with restarting we got five new enthusiastic board members which has been great.
https://www.bidadance.org/bylaws Jeff On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:08 PM Woody Lane via Organizers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peggy, > > Although this is not about a dance organization, I am a member of a small > statewide non-profit volunteer organization in Oregon and have been on its > Board for years. (The organization is the Oregon Forage and Grassland > Council.) Maybe this can be of some help. > > The Board contains about 12 people, all elected from the membership. Terms > are 3 years, with a limit of 2 terms. Elections are staggered: only 1/3 of > the board members are up for election each year. The board members choose > the president and vice-president from the board. Those positions are for 2 > years, and except for exceptions cannot be repeated consecutively. The > secretary and treasurer are two separate roles -- they can be from the > board but they can also be organization member who are not on the board. > > This system has worked reasonably well. But the pros and cons have to be > balanced out. Identifying new folks to serve on the board is indeed > challenging, but we've been able to do it when we worked hard about it, > especially talking directly to folks to apply. > > Board meetings are held monthly on Zoom. The agenda follows basic > parliamentary procedure, so these meetings rarely take more than one hour. > > All the activities of the organization are organized and conducted by > committees. These report to the board at each board meeting. Each committee > must contain one board member, although that person may or may not be the > committee chair. > > Good luck with your organization. > > Woody Lane > Dance caller, percussive dancer > Roseburg, Oregon > Cell: 541-556-0054 > On the road, from Samsung Galaxy Tablet > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tepfer, Seth via Organizers <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Peggy Hesley <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Organizers] Re: [External] administrative question > > Peggy - great question. It will be fascinating to watch the different > answers. > > In Atlanta, the contra dance board (Steering Committee) has nine members, > each serving a three year term. The terms are staggered, so that three > rotate off each year. At the start of each term we elect new officers > (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer). In practice the > Treasurer remains the same for 3 years, due to all the trouble to change > over bank accounts and such. > > Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his) > Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center > ------------------------------ > *From:* Peggy Hesley via Organizers <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected] > > > *Subject:* [External] [Organizers] administrative question > > Hello! I’ve finally found the opportunity to join this group, and I’d like > to ask a question. Do any of your contra boards have term limits, and or > required rotation of officers? > > Thanks, Peg > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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