January

  • Receive an Annual Report on the Office of the President (December)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors Interviews President
  • Review of Annual Calendar of committee responsibilities
  • Begin Presidents Annual Review
  • Set Agenda Items for February 1 BOD Meeting
  • Chairman to send email reminders to other Committee Chairs that Plan of Succession drafts are due in February


February Board Meeting

  • Board Training
  • Board Review of the President’s Annual Appraisal
  • Board Training on Self-Appraisal
  • Distribution of Board Performance Appraisal and Navigation forms (Now online)
  • Nomination of Officers (2022, ’25, ‘28) (when applicable)


February

  • Review of Board Member Self Appraisal
  • Develop Board Composition / Recruitment Report
  • Determine: Board Trends / Board Giving / Board Attendance / Board Recruiting and Board Attrition
  • Board Composition (Age, sex, background, ethnic groups)
  • Review edits to plan of Succession for all committees


March

  • Set agenda for April board meeting
  • Orientation for new Board Members
  • Evaluate Board Composition
  • Determine Board Training Topic

 

April Board Meeting

  • Board Training - TBD
  • Compilation and prayer over Board Performance Appraisal and Navigation forms
  • Board Composition Review
  • Board Meeting Evaluation training
  • Submit a Slate of Officer Nominees (2022, ’25, ‘28) (when applicable)
  • Collect Final Plans of Succession

 

May

  • Interview nominees for board officers (2022, ’25, ‘28) (when applicable)
  • Create Orientation for new BOD members
  • Yearly review of BOD Handbook
  • Review Board Meeting Evaluation results

 

June

  •  Set the Slate of Officer Nominee (2022, ’25, ‘28) (when applicable)
  • Interview board members for possible re-election - Members whose term expires end of calendar year (see Board Members info section)

 

August

  • Prepare 2020 Annual Calendar of Events for Governance Committee
  • Update Plan of Succession
  • Set agenda for September board meeting
  • Include Committee Calendar Reports (request Committee Calendars)
  • Prepare framed certificate for members rotating off the
  • Prepare Governance Celebration Report
  • Determine Board Training Topic


September Board Meeting

  • Board Training
  • Re-election of current board members (see Board Members info section)
  • Conflict of Interest Review
  • Committees Celebrations (1 or 2 items)
  • Election of Officers (2023)

 

November

  • Meet as Needed
  • Review edits to BOD handbook


December

  • Meet as Needed
  • Receive an Annual Report on the Office of the President
  • Print new Handbooks


ON-GOING / AS NEEDED

  • Institutionalize effective governance
  • Serve as a sounding board for the
  • Encourage board recruiting
  • Handle sensitive board issues:
    • Attendance problems
    • Incomplete board tasks
    • Behavioral divergences
  • Prepare board
  • Assist the President with orientation of new board