Duties of Chairperson
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Category: Board
Policy Number: 104
Title: Duties of Chairperson
Guidelines and Procedures:
- Provides leadership to the Board.
- Sets the tone and climate for Board activity.
- Ensures the Board meets requirements of Trusteeship.
- Pursues knowledge of Board and Chairperson's responsibilities, appropriate legislation, bylaws, policies and rules.
- Ensures that Board plans are followed, adhering to legislation, bylaws, and policy.
- Ensures that all approved minutes are signed and proper records are kept.
- Chairs Board meetings according to the procedure outlined:
- ensuring that the meeting is required and necessary information is collected beforehand
- ensuring that an agenda is prepared, with input from the Board and staff, and that it is distributed in a timely manner
- starting the meeting at the scheduled time
- outlining meeting's objectives
- making additions or deletions to agenda as required
- following the approved agenda and the adopted rules of order
- encouraging input from all
- setting issues out clearly, summarizing discussion, and guiding the problem-solving process
- limiting discussion to ensure business is completed within the allotted time
- ensuring that everyone is aware of tasks to be completed by the next meeting
- The Chairperson has signing authority on board bank accounts.