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Roles and Responsibilities of Individual Board Members

Roles and Responsibilities of Individual Board Members

Board members have no special privileges, prerogatives, or authority; they must meet in formal session to make organizational decisions. However, board members have certain responsibilities as individual ls.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

1. Know and respect the organizations’ missions, visions, values, beliefs, intentions, purposes, goals, policies, programs, bylaws, procedures and strengths.

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Making Decisions Between Board Meetings

Making Decisions Between Board Meetings

When the time frame for a decision on a matter normally requiring board action is too short to allow for full board consideration at its next meeting, the request or proposal shall be referred to the appropriate board committee chair and senior manager or to the Executive Committee.

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Election and Attendance Policies

Election and Attendance Policies

Election and Term of Office of Trustees
The members of the LWVEF Board of Trustees shall be elected by the LWVUS Board of Directors at its first meeting following the biennial convention. The trustees shall serve with full authority for two years or until their successors have been elected and qualified.

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Financial Responsibilities of the LWVUS/LWVEF Executive Committee

Financial Responsibilities of the LWVUS/LWVEF Executive Committee


It is the responsibility of the executive committee to oversee the League's finances and assets, including the allocation of its total resources, and to determine how to assist the board in its fiduciary responsibilities.

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LWVEF Trust Agreement

Trust Agreement League of Women Voters Education Fund

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, made this 26th day of September, 1957, between the Founders named on teh annexed Schedule A, and

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Mission Statement and Core Values

LWVUS-LWVEF Mission Statement and Core Values

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Vision, Beliefs and Intentions
The goal of the League of Women Voters is to empower citizens to shape better communities worldwide.

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