Oregon Rural Action Board Member Criteria

Criteria for serving on Oregon Rural Action's board of directors

Nominees to the Board of Directors of Oregon Rural Action, have the ability to fulfill the following duties and responsibilities:

Legal responsibility, along with the other Board members, for the organization and responsibility to know and approve all policies and programs and to oversee the implementation of policies and programs.
Fiscal responsibility, with the other Board members, for the organization. It is the duty of each Board member to know what the budget is and to take an active part in planning the budget and the fundraising to meet it.
Moral responsibility for the health and well-being of the organization. As a member of the Board, each person must pledge to carry out and be fully committed and dedicated to this mission.
Each member must give what is for him or her a significant financial donation.
Each member will actively engage in fundraising for the organization in whatever ways are best suited to the individual. This may include individual solicitation, undertaking special events, writing mail appeals and the like. There is no set amount of money that each member must raise because each will make a good faith agreement to do his or her best and bring in as much money as possible.
Each member must attend not less than 80% of the Board meetings every year and be available for phone or email consultation. Board members understand that commitment to this Board will involve a good deal of time and will probably not involve less than 10 hours per month.
Board members will treat staff with respect and courtesy, and will take no independent Board of Directors action towards staff.

In its turn, Oregon Rural Action is responsible to its Board of Directors in a number of ways:

They will be sent, without request, monthly financial reports that allow each to meet the “prudent person” section of the law.
They can call on staff to discuss programs and policies, goals and objectives.
Board members and staff will respond in a straightforward and thorough fashion to any questions that are necessary to carry out the fiscal, legal and moral responsibilities to the organization.