Description
Standards for Excellence 3.0
Leadership and Governance Part 6: Board Meetings
12.1: Why Boards Meet 6
12.1.1: How often 6
12.1.2: Following Bylaws for Meetings – It Matters 7
12.1.3: Electronic Meetings 7
12.1.4: Building a Culturally Competence and Cultural Humility into board meetings 8
12.2: Meeting Effectively 9
12.2.1: Board meetings and attendance 9
12.2.2: Meeting minutes 10
12.2.3: Strategic meeting agendas 12
12.2.4: Using a Consent Agenda and an Annual Board Calendar 15
12.2.5: What is an executive session and how to use it 16
12.3: Committees 16
12.3.1: Some characteristics of effective committees 17
12.3.2: The role of the Executive Committee in Healthy Boards 18
12.3.3: What a governance committee does 18
12.3.4: What a finance committee does 18
12.3.5: The difference between a standing committee and a non-standing committee 19
12.3.6: The difference between a committee and a task force 19
Selected Resources for Board Member Responsibilities 21
Attachments 22
Attachment 12A: Sample Meeting Minutes 23
Attachment 12B: Ten Tips for Effective Meetings 26
Attachment 12C: Board Committees and Alternatives 27
Attachment 12D: Board Calendars 29
Attachment 12E: Sample Board Calendar Featuring Required Elements of the Standards for Excellence code 32
Attachment 12F: Sample Consent Agenda 34
Attachment 12G: Executive Session Quick Tip 37
Attachment 12H: Preparing Minutes of Board Meetings Is Usually More Art Than Science 40
