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Leadership
Leadership

LWVUS has a great resources on on League Management site that Board should familiarize itself with:

  1. Membership & Leadership | LWVUS
  2. League Responsibilities Policy | LWVUS
  3. Member Rights and Responsibilites Policy | LWVUS


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Duties
Duties
  • Attend. Attend state and regional League meetings.
  • Contribute. Make personal financial contributions, in addition to dues.
  • Diversity. Promote growth and diversity in membership.
  • Fundraise. Assist in fundraising activities.
  • Meetings. Attend and participate in all board meetings.
  • Mentor. Identify and mentor new leaders.
  • Nonpartisan. Understand and abide by the League’s nonpartisan policy.
  • Perform. Carry out individual assignments.
  • Promote. Explain and promote the League in the community.
  • Support. Support and attend League activities.
  • Understand. Become knowledgeable about League positions and practices.


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Tools & Background
Tools & Background
  1. Board can consist of 4 to 18 members. Per bylaws these are:
  • Officers (President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer) who are elected for 2-yr. terms by the League Membership at the Annual Meeting. There are only four Officers.
  • Elected Directors who are elected for 2-yr. terms by the League Membership at the Annual Meeting.
  • There can be 0-to-8 Elected Directors.
  • Appointed Directors who are appointed for 1-yr. terms by the Board.
  • There can be zero-to-6 Appointed Directors.
  • Meetings and Quorum: Must hold 9 regular meetings annually.
  • A quorum is majority of the Board
  1. Events -- Events/Calendar
  2. Important documents/information for every Board Member
  1. Board training from LWVUS Training and Services


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Working with Committees
Working with Committees

Board and the Budget Committee

  • The Board appoints Budget Committee at least two months prior to the Annual Meeting.
  • The Treasurer is not eligible to serve as Chairman of the Budget Committe

Board and the Nominating Committee

  • The Board appoints two of its own members to the Committee immediately following the Annual Meeting.
  • The President cannot serve on Nominating Committee in any capacity.

Board and the Bylaws

  • At least every two years the Board shall appoint a Bylaws Review Committee which shall consist of both Board and non-Board members.
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Roundtables (ClubExpress)
Roundtables (ClubExpress)

Free & Online

If you are not using the LWV-ClubExpress (LWV-CE) Roundtable resource, join the Rountables and investigate.

  • Although the emphasis of Roundtables is on leveraging ClubExpress, you will also pick up ideas and tips about running a successful League
  • LWV-CE Roundtable Group membership is free to all LWV members
  • Meetings are all online
  • League members from all over the country attend
  • A session may have from 5 to 20 (or more) attendees
  • There is always a leader for the session and the leaders pay STRICT attention to the clock! (So meetings don't run over!)

Set up Roundtable Account

Set up Roundtable account at LWV-CE Roundtable NEW Member Signup

Explore the resources for Roundtable meetings and groups.

Note:

  • When you create a user name/id & password for the Roundtable site, it is ONLY for Roundtables.
  • It is not the username (user-id)/password for our own LWV-WA website.
  • It can be identical if you want to reuse your LWV-WA website username/password when establishing your Roundtable login



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