Board of Directors

Board

• Determining organizational mission and purpose
• Selecting the executive director
• Providing proper financial oversight
• Ensuring adequate resources
• Ensuring legal and ethical integrity and maintaining accountability
• Ensuring effective organizational planning
• Recruiting and orienting new board members and assessing board performance
• Enhancing organizational public standing
• Determining, monitoring, and strengthening our programs and services
• Supporting the executive director and assessing the executive director’s performance
• Acting productively in the best interests of the organization and its members for the advancement of the conservation profession.

Board Members

• Being a member in good standing.
• Reviewing and being familiar with the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Code of Ethics.
• Attending three board meetings a year and any special sessions called by the board president.
• Providing reports for the board meeting (and other additional assignments) by specific deadlines.
• Attending the June annual meeting and being available and visible to members as much as possible during the annual meeting to listen as well as answer questions and concerns.
• Representing membership and responding to their inquiries and concerns.
• Performing to the best of your abilities the responsibilities of your office on the board. You are responsible for learning about the specifics of your role on the board by communicating with the board member serving in that role prior to your election and by understanding your board position description (see Position Descriptions).
• Representing the organization to other organizations and individuals as someone in a leadership position in the organization.
• Respecting your fellow board members and their roles on the board.
• Contributing to the foundation annually to ensure 100% board participation. The goal is to have all board members give no less than $200 annually.
• Making your own travel plans to Washington, DC or to the annual meeting and your own reservations for a hotel room in Washington, DC (see travel and meetings)
• Paying for your own annual meeting registration, any ticketed events you sign up for, and meals during the annual meeting.
• Submitting reimbursements within 30 days of a meeting or other circumstances that require reimbursement.

Questions?

• Position Descriptions
• History of the Board of Directors
• History of Committees and Taskforces
• Specialty Groups Overview and Fact Sheets

Policies and Guidelines

• Awards, Grants and Scholarships Policies
• Financial Guidelines for Specialty Groups and Committees and Task Forces
• Guidelines for Specialty Groups and the Establishment of Specialty Groups
• Guidelines for Board and IAG Reports and Minutes
• Specialty Group Publications Guidelines
• Records Management Guidelines for Specialty Groups 
• Annual Checklist for Transfer of Records for Specialty Groups
• Guidelines for Committees and Task Forces