Seeking Board Member (volunteer) Candidates

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Qualifications:

• Must be PSGA member in good standing
• Demonstrate skills, interests, and/or background relevant to this Job Description

Term of Office: Elected for a three-year term in January

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Determine mission and policy for PSGA
• Enhance the organization's public standing by clearly articulating the mission, accomplishments, and goals to the public, and garnering support from the community
• Provide financial oversight; ensure adequate resources
• Ensure legal and ethical integrity; maintain accountability
• Recruit and orient new Board members, periodically assessing Board performance
• Actively encourage and support leadership development among PSGA members
• Ensure organizational planning, actively participating in the planning process, and assisting with implementing and monitoring progress on goals
• Determine, monitor, and strengthen PSGA's programs and services, ensuring they are consistent with the mission, and monitor effectiveness
• Oversee and lead the planning of programs, conferences, and training sessions through committee structures to assure consistent high quality
• Support recruiting sponsors and/or speakers for lunchtime programs, Funders Forums, training sessions, and other events as needed

Expectations

• Be a dues-paying member of PSGA
• Attend Board meetings; bylaws indicate an expectation of a 70% attendance record
• Attend an annual planning retreat
• Attend PSGA programs, conferences, and events, and represent the leadership by welcoming and connecting with the participants
• Serve productively on a minimum of one committee
• Recruit volunteers to serve on committees
• Time commitment: 2 hours every third Tuesdays at 3 PM PT in January, March, May, August, and November; 3-5 hours a month for Board committee participation (will vary by committee and time of year); 5-6 hours for the annual retreat