Responsibilities of the Board
A community sector board should be mindful of its responsibilties. These include:- Showing leadership by:
- Providing organisational vision above all else
- Understanding their role within the organisation
- Being a trustee/owner not a volunteer/helper
- Being results focussed: consumer result, cost result, vision outcomes
- Having the discipline to:
- Focus on their governance role
- Be responsible for working as a group
- Determine what information is needed for accountability
- Give clear and consistent instruction to the staff
- Speak with one voice
- Fulfilling obligations to membership under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991, including to:
- Maintain the register of members
- Manage the funds
- Appoint the auditor and commission the annual audits
- Appoint a Public Officer
- Convene the Annual General Meeting
- Ensure elections are conducted as required
- Provide reports to the Annual General Meeting
- Lodge documentation with the Registrar General
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