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Board Meetings

Committee Meetings

 

Board Meetings

Telephone Conferences

Semi-Annual Meetings

The next Board meeting will take place on Sunday, May 20 in Portland, ME. An agenda and other info will be posted closer to the date.

Past Board of Trustee meetings

Board Information

• Current board members – bios and photos
• Trustee job description
• Board of Trustees section from bylaws  -- click link and go to Section II.
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Personnel, Board, and Trail Council contact information

2012 Board Telephone Meeting Calendar

CALL IN NUMBER: 1-712-775-7300
ACCESS CODE: 358501#
Use this number unless otherwise noted on your agenda

 

Date & Time	Board	Agendas, Materials, & Minutes
1/27, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
2/24, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
3/30, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
4/27, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
6/29, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
7/27, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
8/31, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
9/28, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials and Memo
10/26, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
11/30, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials
12/28, 9:00	Board/telephone	Agenda & materials

2012 Committee Meeting Calendar
Use this number unless otherwise noted on your agenda

Date & Time	Committee	Agendas, Materials, & Minutes
1/14, 9:00	Development Committee	Agenda & materials
1/28, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
2/10, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
2/25, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
3/25, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
4/17, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials,with revised 2009 projection
4/22, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
5/27, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
6/9, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
6/24, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
7/22, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
8/11, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
8/19, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
9/23, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
10/13, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
10/28, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
11/25, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials
12/8, 10:00	Marketing Committee	Agenda & materials, notes
12/16, 9:00	Finance Committee	Agenda & materials

Committee Information

Attention Committee Members! If you would like to create a page for your committee, please contact the webmaster!

• Committee of the Whole
• Executive Committee
• Financial, Personnel, and Budget Committee
• Governance, Nominations, and Planning Committee
• Development Committee
• Membership Subcommittee
• Marketing Committee
• Trail Council

Committee of the Whole

Mandate: Meets twice a year in person and bi-monthly or as needed by teleconference. The chief policy making body of the organization. Reviews reports from the other committees and from the Executive Director; strategic planning; provides fiscal oversight and carries a substantial responsibility for fundraising.

Membership: Read(Chair), Brody, Secretary, Haydt, Vice Chair, Russo, Treasurer

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Executive Committee

Mandate: This is the chief coordinating committee for the board, mapping out how the board’s business should be conducted, setting agendas, and organizing the activities of the other committees. The Executive Director often brings to it problems needing rapid resolution.

Membership: Read(Chair), Brody, Haydt, Russo (Staff: Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Finance, Personnel, and Budget Committee

Mandate: The Finance Committee is responsible for monitoring the fiscal health of the ECGA on a monthly basis and for preparing and presenting the annual operating budget and any mid-year budget modifications for Board approval at the November meeting. The Committee recommends financial policies, procedures and controls to the EC and/or Board for approval and serves as the audit committee for the ECGA. It reviews job descriptions and recommends salary ranges for all staff to the board, and evaluates the Executive Director, and handles grievances when board involvement is necessary.

Membership: Russo (Chair), Read, Flink, & Haydt (Staff: Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Governance, Nominations, and Planning Committee

Mandate: The Governance Committee identifies, screens and recommends the best candidates to fill vacancies on the Board of Trustees. These nominees are presented for election by the members (normally at the fall Members meeting.) It also nominates a slate of officers for election by the BOT at the fall Board Meeting. The Committee also develops a recruitment and orientation program and materials for new directors and for officers. It also makes recommendations to the Board Chair for membership on the Trail Council and the Advisory Board. This committee also is responsible for by law changes via a subcommittee on by laws. And, it has primary responsibility for strategic planning.

Membership: Read(Chair), Brody, Barret, Read, Russo (Staff: Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Development Committee

Mandate: This committee has primary responsibility for ensuring that the Alliance is adequately funded to carry out its mission. It oversees the planning and coordination of fundraising efforts including corporate sponsorship, foundation and government grants, membership dues, annual appeals and major donor campaigns and other fund raising efforts. In 2008 it will focus on developing a 5-10 year funding strategy.

Membership: Brody (Chair), Desrosiers, Maleady, Mitchell (Staff: Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Membership Subcommittee

Mandate: This Subcommittee of the Development Committee provides guidance on membership policies including dues levels, member benefits and fund sharing with state committees.

Membership: Brody Chair, Newman, (Staff: Markatos-Soriano, West)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Marketing Committee

Mandate: This newly formed committee is responsible for guiding the development of a marketing plan for the ECG. It subsumes the previous Branding Committee whose mandate is to guide ECG policies and actions as they impact our brand. The work of the Marketing Committee will feed into the strategic plan and also into ongoing programs being implemented by staff.

Membership: Mitchell (Chair), Barrett, Maleady, & Brody (Staff: Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

Trail Council

Mandate: Oversight for trail development to ensure good progress on annual Blueprint for Action goals, resolution of trail policy and routing issues, and administration of trail designations.

Membership: Mitchell(Co-Chair), Read, Barrett, Secretary.(Staff: Weis, Markatos-Soriano)

Meetings:
See calendar for upcoming meetings and meeting materials

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