Board member job description
Mission
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association (黑料黑历史AA) connects and supports the University of Alaska Fairbanks (黑料黑历史) and alumni. 黑料黑历史AA encourages excellence in all aspects of 黑料黑历史 and provides opportunities for alumni to engage in lifelong involvement with their university community.
Purpose
To provide strategic governance, fiscal and policy leadership to the 黑料黑历史AA.
Roles and responsibilities
- Support 黑料黑历史AA鈥檚 mission;
- Implement 黑料黑历史AA鈥檚 programs and services and monitor their effectiveness;
- Provide strategic guidance to 黑料黑历史AA;
- Ensure 黑料黑历史AA鈥檚 financial health;
- Support 黑料黑历史AA鈥檚 executive director;
- Improve 黑料黑历史AA鈥檚 board effectiveness.
- Model 黑料黑历史AA's Code of Conduct
Expectations
- Understand, articulate and support the mission, goals and priorities of 黑料黑历史 and the 黑料黑历史AA;
- Understand and uphold the board鈥檚 fiduciary responsibilities;
- Prepare for and participate in board and committee meetings. Ask questions, be deliberative and express your point of view.
- Share your professional time and expertise, especially as it relates to assisting students with internships, job mentoring, career connections, networking with graduates, etc.;
- Actively participate in, and be an ambassador for, fundraising at 黑料黑历史AA (i.e., Benefactor Fund, scholarship support, etc.);
- Set an example with personal giving. Contribute annually to both 黑料黑历史 and 黑料黑历史AA in a manner and amount significant and meaningful to you. In-kind donations (such as airfare to attend a meeting or event) are welcome and will be counted toward your personal giving. The 黑料黑历史AA Board of Directors strives to be a 100 percent giving board. 黑料黑历史AA board members embrace a culture of philanthropy in support of 黑料黑历史;
- Participate and encourage participation of others in 黑料黑历史 and alumni events and initiatives (i.e., chapter activities, athletic events, signature events such as the annual gala, Nanook Rendezvous reunion, major lectures and speeches, etc.);
- Identify and cultivate alumni advocates, volunteers, prospective board members and potential alumni award winners;
- Encourage alumni to be active members of the 黑料黑历史AA; directors must not allow membership to lapse; consider becoming a lifetime member;
- Avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with 黑料黑历史AA while on the board;
- Maintain confidentiality of donor and alumni information, internal board business and personnel matters.
- Be respectful, engaged and professional to all as a representative of the 黑料黑历史AA board.
- Be a leader in upholding and modeling the 黑料黑历史AA's Code of Conduct.
Term of office and time commitment
Board directors serve three-year terms beginning at the spring board meeting. Board members may serve two consecutive terms.
Board members are expected to attend three board meetings per year. Typically, two meetings are held in person and are two-day meetings, and one is a one-day teleconference.
Board members residing outside of Fairbanks are expected to travel to Fairbanks prior to the start of the in-person meetings. Board members should take the necessary time off work to accommodate travel and attendance at board meetings. If attendance at board meetings is not possible due to a life event (funeral, wedding, birth of grandchild, etc.) or unavoidable work conflict, board members are expected to immediately inform the president and executive director.
Board members are expected to serve on at least two committees of the association and if possible chair or co-chair a committee. Time commitments vary by committee:
- Finance Committee: Meets four or five times/year
- Executive Committee: Three-five times/year
- Board Governance Committee: Approximately twice/year
- Legislative Committee: Three or four times/year
- Scholarship Committee: Approximately twice/year
- Awards Committee: Approximately three times/year
- Ad-hoc committees: As needed.
Committee meetings are held via teleconference and usually last one hour; some committee work is handled via email.
Adopted by unanimous vote of the 黑料黑历史AA Board of Directors, Sept. 23, 2016.