Across the Board - Part II

Trustees and directors of nonprofits have specific legal duties owed to the organization:  The primary duties are:  care, loyalty, maintaining accounts, and compliance.

This issue we are featuring the duty of CARE.

The duty of care requires that a trustee be active in the charity’s affairs by attending board meetings of committees on which the trustee serve.  Ways you can meet your duty of care include:

• Understand the charity’s mission by familiarizing yourself with the charity’s articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, or other governing documents.
• Attend board and committee meetings and be prepared for those meetings by reading and reviewing reports, minutes, and other materials distributed for the meeting.
• Be prepared to ask questions and obtain the information needed for you to make informed decisions in approving and disapproving proposals.  Included in your responsibilities is the oversight and review of the performance of the charity’s executive director or CEO.  You should exercise your independent judgment and not merely acquiesce to the staff’s requests.  Keep in mind that oversight of the professional staff is the duty of the Executive Director or the CEO.

By becoming a member of the HLA Association, you will help:

·        Support the valuable Hancock Leadership Programs through scholarships.

·        Strengthen Hancock County through Association-sponsored events such as the Halloween parade, Coats for Christmas and Community Symposiums.

·        Maintain connections with 500+ HL Alumni who share the same vision for Hancock County and see the value in volunteerism!

Click here to become a part of the HLA Association today!

And we are asking for a couple of minutes of your time to complete the HLAA Survey.

Information is a valuable tool for growth.  Help us to continue to grow by providing your input.  This is time sensitive, so please complete by April 15^th.

Take the HLAA Survey!

This year’s HL class has organized monthly after hours events.  They are all scheduled to be held at the Rocking U beginning at 5:30 PM

Monday, March 22

Monday, April 26

Monday, May 24

Classes of 2010 Graduations

HYL Class of 2010 Graduation – April 21

HL Class of 2010 Graduation – May 19