Dec 2000: Some Materials for the Dec18 Board Meeting
Update as of 2000 Dec 20: The motions below were passed at the Dec18
board meeting, as noted below. See
minutes of meeting at Minutes
and Information Items of NCF Board meetings
Several NCF supporters (mostly board members) have been working on motions for consideration at the Dec 18 board meeting. They are listed below. Each motion is accompanied by background and context to explains why the motion is worthwhile. The idea is to provide enough context so that an interested NCF member would know what is being considered soon enough to get involved and contribute alternatives, if desired.
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Motion |
Description |
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Near-term general focus, to coordinate
activities of supporters. |
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Organizational structure to
get best results for members |
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Formation of a search
committee to find a new Executive Director/General Manager |
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Temporary representation of
NCF Temporary reporting mechanism
for staff Temporary deferral of renewals
to give time for developing a new renewal letter |
Background information:
Relating to a ‘vision’ for NCF and a focus for 2001, a Capsule Summary of NCF (including many links to useful background information – follow the links)
Forecast for renewals (and donations) in 2001, by extrapolating of past trends (assumes NO CHANGE of policies or services) (plenty of changes are planned so as to improve upon this forecast).
February 2000 survey of members and here’s a synopsis.
Governance board model described by United Way/YMCA Board Development and adopted by NCF in mid-1990’s (after an ED, Lisa Donnelly, exasperated by micro-managing and board problems, enrolled the board in the course) (also online at ‘go board’, menu item 1)
The difference between a ‘governance board’ and a ‘hands-on board’
Comments and advice from Lisa Donnelly, NCF’s Executive Director until 1997 (when she moved to San Francisco).
Analysis of NCF and its situation, NCF Strategic Assessment, by K. Wright, as an MBA project at University of Ottawa, 1997