NssBoardExpectations

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Expectations for NSS Board Members (_Ad Astra_, Nov/Dec 2001)

Each board member should:

1. Participate in the determination of the organization's mission and purpose.

2. Participate in the selection and review of the executive director.

3. Participate in raising funds for the organization.

4. Participate in financial oversight of the organization.

5. Understand the budgeting process and be prepared to participate in it.

6. Determine and monitor the organization's programs and services.

7. Enhance the organization's public image.

8. Assess and try to improve the board's performance.

9. Suggest possible nominees to the board who are people of achievement and distinction who can make significant contributions to the work of the board and the Society's progress.

10. Serve in leadership positions or undertake special assignments willingly and enthusiastically when asked. Actively serve on at least one committee.

11. Attend all board meetings.

12. Prepare for and participate in board meetings, mail votes, and committee hearings, including appropriate organizational activities. Ask timely and substantive questions at board and committee meetings consistent with their conscience and convictions, while supporting the majority decision on issues decided by the board. Maintain confidentiality of the board's executive sessions. Suggest agenda items periodically for board and committee meetings to ensure that significant policy-related matters are addressed.

13. Avoid asking for special favors from the staff, including special requests for extensive information, without at least prior consultation with the chair of the Executive Committee or appropriate committee chairperson.

14. Treat each other in a civil and professional manner at all times.

Adopted by the NSS Executive Committee, 5 December 1998.