CNVC Board of Directors

	Robert Gonzales President Arizona, United States		Stefan Wisbauer Vice President London, United Kingdom		Margo Pair Secretary New Mexico, United States
	Valentina Rosenberg Treasurer New Mexico, United States		Marshall Rosenberg New Mexico, United States		Gail Taylor Colorado, United States

Composition and Decision Making Processes

• The members of the CNVC Board of Directors serve de facto as the members of the corporation.
• These people provide continuity for the organization by setting up a corporation existence. They also represent the organization’s point of view through interpretation of its products and services, and advocacy for them. They govern the organization by articulating the vision, mission, and aims of CNVC; ensuring its financial and legal integrity; and establishing board policies, strategies and objectives, including approving policies proposed by the Admin Team and others. They also assign priorities and ensure the organization’s capacity to carry out programs by regularly reviewing its work..

Responsibilities and Duties of the Board of Directors.

1. All Directors
   • Serve de facto as the members of the corporation.
   • Furnish the Secretary their contact information, including postal and email address.
   • Attend meetings of the Board and of the members.
   • Provide continuity for the organization by setting up a corporation existence, and to represent the organization’s point of view through interpretation of its products and services, and advocacy for them.
   • Govern the organization by articulating the vision, mission, and aims of CNVC, ensuring financial and legal integrity and establishing board policies, strategies and objectives, including approval of policies proposed by the Admin Team and others. Assign priorities and ensure the organization’s capacity to carry out programs by regularly reviewing its work. Select and guide an Admin Team that is responsible for running the organization.
   • Developing and approving strategic plans, including major commitments
   • Account to the public for the products and services of the organization and expenditures of its funds, including:
   • To provide for fiscal accountability, approve the budget, and formulated policies related to contracts for public and private resources
   • Maintaining the board as a healthy, well-organized governing body capable of helping the organization achieve success (i.e., progress toward fulfilling its purpose).
   • Participate in the process of finding new members for the Board and orienting new members
   • Perform other duties as may be requested by the President or Board.
2. President
   • Preside at all meetings of the Board.
   • Serves as principal executive officer and supervises and controls all of the business and affairs of the corporation except as that responsibility is delegated to the Admin Team.
   • Assign incidental duties to the officers of the Board or any member of the Board.
   • Appoint ad hoc committees, in consultation with other Board members
   • Sign, with the Secretary, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board except as such the Board expressly delegates such duties to the Admin Team.
   • Encourages Board’s role in strategic planning.
   • Helps guide and mediate Board actions with respect to organizational priorities and governance concerns.
   • Perform other duties incident to the Office of President as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.
3. Vice-President
   • In the absence of the President, perform the duties of the President with the full power of the President and subject to all restrictions on the President.
   • Works closely with the President to develop and implement officer transition plan.
   • Record; track Board actions with respect to organizational priorities and governance concerns.
   • Perform other duties incident to the Office of Vice President as may be assigned by the President or Board.
4. Treasurer
   • Have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation
   • Except as may be handled by authorized agents of the corporation, receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever
   • Except as may be handled by authorized agents of the corporation, deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in banks or other repositories authorized by the Board.
   • Ensure that there are regular outside financial audits of CNVC’s finances.
   • Works closely with Admin. Team to ensure development and board review of financial policies and procedures.
   • Perform other duties incident to the Office of Treasurer as may be assigned by the President or Board.
5. Secretary
   • Ensures meeting minutes are kept and distributed, tracks members’ attendance and terms of the Board of Directors.
   • Give all notices required by the by-laws.
   • Be custodian of the corporate records and the seal of the corporation.
   • Is sufficiently familiar with legal documents (articles, by-laws, IRS letters, etc) to note applicability during meetings.
   • Keep a register of the post office and email addresses of each member.
   • Perform other duties incident to the Office of Secretary as may be assigned by the President or Board.
6. Committees
   • Admin Team The Admin Team is a three-person standing committee of the Board, selected for specified terms by the Board. It exercises certain powers of the Board in managing the corporation. Its powers are set by resolution of the Board.
   • Ad hoc committees The President or the Board may appoint ad hoc committees from time to time to develop policy recommendations for the Board. Such committees do not have or exercise the authority of the Board.