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Board Responsibilities & Structure

Help Greater Androscoggin Humane Society improve the effectiveness of their board by clarifying its role(s), structure and function in itself and in relation to their organization.
Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
Lewiston, ME, USA
Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
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Posted October 6th

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Board Responsibilities & Structure

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What we need
  • Document outlining relationship of board to your organization, including its role, responsibilities, and structure
  • Document defining the roles and responsibilities of individual board members, including empty seats if applicable
Additional details

We have a small Board of 7 individuals. We are struggling to have clear roles and responsibilities, need an updated manual and need to have a plan/parameters for recruiting and on-boarding new members.

What we have in place
  • We currently have a draft Board Manual, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a Board President able to be involved in this project, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $13,348 , allowing us to provide needed medical care for dogs, cats and small animal in need. Right now we have a cat needing a leg amputation, another needing an eye removal, a dog needing surgery on mammary masses, etc....

Our Board needs to grow and assume more responsibilities related to community engagement and fundraising. This project will be instrumental is moving us to the next level of Board development.

Project plan

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Prep: Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides overview of the current function and purpose of the board
  • Volunteer Manager shares current or past board role and responsibility descriptions, if any, as well as relevant materials such as internal policies and procedures already in place
  • Volunteer receives a list of relevant executive management to interview or survey, if applicable
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Milestone 1: Research & Brainstorming
  • Volunteer connects with Volunteer Manager for brainstorming session to determine organization's needs, board engagement goals, and any missing roles
  • Volunteer interviews executive management, if applicable
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Milestone 2: Draft
  • Professional develops and submits draft clearly identifying board and individual board member roles and responsibilities, function, and structure to Volunteer Manager for review
  • Volunteer Manager provides feedback on Volunteer's suggestions
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Milestone 3: Final Document
  • Professional incorporates feedback into final draft of documents
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Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
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Katie L
Katie L.

Executive Director

Our mission

We are committed to strengthening our community by supporting humane care of animals and fostering the human-animal bond.

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We just completed a Board Responsibilities project with Christine and cannot say enough good things! She is supportive and full of great information that is practical and relevant. Highly recommend working with her!!
Katie L.
Katie L.

Executive Director

Board Responsibilities & Structure Project

Katie was amazing to work with, and I loved her devotion to the nonprofit she serves. This was a delightful experience sharing information and helping her create the appropriate board manual for her organization.
Christine T.
Christine T.

Founder - Trainer