Board Orientation

Introduction

The Governance Committee was asked to arrange a board orientation for August, 2008. Michelle Evans and Nancy Shoemaker worked on this and presented it at the August 26, 2008 board meeting.

Board members who weren't at that meeting are asked to review this information and contact Michelle or Nancy with questions. In particular, they (and others) are invited to schedule a webinar session with Nancy to cover the NCWU Virtual Office.

Parliamentary Procedure

• Handbook
• One page summary
• Motion slip

Governance Information

• Glossary and Style Guide
• Bylaws
• Policies and Procedures
• Board Prospectus/overview
• Board Application

NCWU Specifics

• Information on the committees, supplement to the information in the bylaws, policies, and board prospectus
• Policy Council Job Description, drafted by the 2007-2008 policy council.
• Extracts from the 2006 Women's Agenda Buiding Book (full version). [This is the how to guide for our signature project, the basis for our 501(c)(3) status. The extract includes pieces that are of special concern to the board.]

NCWU Virtual Office

This presentation is modified slightly from the August 26 version. It includes slides that we didn't have time to cover.

• Report describing the virtual office
• Flash version of presentation
• PDF of handouts on the presentation

Additional documents were distributed on the e-mail lists and the various systems that support the office. Those cannot be posted for security reasons. Please contact Nancy if you need a copy.