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NeighborImpact's Board of Directors:
Number, Powers, Meetings
GOVERNING BODY; COMPOSITION:
(a) One-third of the Board is elected public officials.
(b) At least one-third of the Board are representatives of the
economically disadvantaged in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson
Counties.
(c) The remainder of the Board is comprised of representatives,
officials or members, of business, industry, labor, religious,
welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the
community.
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS:
The current number of directors is fourteen, but the board may be
composed of not less than twelve (12) nor more than eighteen (18)
directors.
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS:
All members of the Board are selected in a manner to assure that
they speak and act on behalf of the group or organization or
membership classification which they represent. Board members must
be residents of Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. In so far
as possible, each county shall have at least one board member from
each category of representation and no county shall have less than
three representatives.
Annually, the Board of Directors issues public notice of petition
for board membership. The notice is distributed through the local
media. Public notice is also given when vacancies exist on the
Board. Petitioners for a seat on the Board of Directors submit a
written statement that describes their qualifications, interest and
community involvement. Petitions for seats can be submitted at any
time. The Board of Directors fills vacancies, from those petitions
submitted, by a majority vote at a regularly scheduled Board
meeting.
The
categories of Directors are appointed as follows:
(a)
Public Officials. Public official representatives to the Board will
be designated in the following manner: one representative will be a
member of the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners; one
representative will be a member of the Crook County Board of
Commissioners; and one representative will be a member of the
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners.
The
balance of representatives in this category will be elected public
officials currently holding office; in the event there are not
enough elected public officials available and willing to serve, the
designating officials may select appointed public officials. Both
the elected and appointed selected to serve on the Board shall have
either general governmental responsibilities or responsibilities
which require dealing with poverty-related issues.
(b)
Representatives of the Economically Disadvantaged. Board seats will
be allocated geographically insofar as possible to provide
representation from the complete tri-county area.
Representatives may qualify by being an eligible consumer of the
Corporation's services, by representing a specific organization
whose membership is comprised predominately of economically
disadvantaged persons, or by representing an organization whose
purpose is to aid the economically disadvantaged. Representatives
shall be chosen to assure the maximum feasible participation of
low-income persons.
(c)
Representatives of the Community. Board seats will be allocated
geographically insofar as possible to provide representation from
the complete tri-county area.
APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE:
(a) The term of each director shall be three (3) years.
(b) At the expiration of the initial term of office of each
respective member of the Board of Directors, a successor shall be
appointed to serve for a term of three. |
