Board Operations & Systems

Help Wright County Community Action create or revise one of their board’s operations to support effective and impactful governance.
Wright County Community Action
Maple Lake, MN, USA
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Maple Lake, MN, USA

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Posted January 4th

Project details

What we need
  • Assessment of existing board procedure, policy, set of guidelines, or system
  • Creation of one document outlining one procedure, policy, operations, or set of guidelines, for example: bylaws, board meeting procedure, succession planning guidelines, committee policies, board member orientation handbook, etc.
Additional details

Our agency is expierencing significant amounts of change. In a recent discussion with a long time board member who is now serving as the Interim Executive director, we discussed the difference between Board Bylaws and a Board Procedure Manual. We do not have a manual. For this project, we would like a volunteer to review our bylaws to determine 1) extra processes that are a better fit for a manual and 2) any gaps we have in our bylaws.

What we have in place
  • We currently have The Bylaws we have been using for decades, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have An eager executive team ready to fix issues, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $10,298 , allowing us to Focus on the many other aspects of improvement that are required.

We need to increase the capacity of our board by increasing orientation, transparency, and equalizing the burden.

Project plan

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Prep: Provide Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager further contextualizes the specific procedure, system, or operations to be created or updated from this project
  • Volunteer Manager provides Volunteer with the board’s current list of board members, governance policies, procedures, and resources
  • Volunteer Manager shares longer term goals for their board
  • Volunteer Manager identifies which (if any) board members or other staff are available for interviews
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Milestone 1: Research
  • Volunteer reviews relevant materials regarding the board’s performance, operations, policies, and procedures
  • Volunteer connects with Volunteer Manager for a brainstorming/overview session
  • Volunteer Manager identifies challenges with current board dynamics and procedures
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Milestone 2: Evaluation
  • Volunteer conducts surveys and interviews with key stakeholders
  • Volunteer assesses challenges identified in research
  • Volunteer drafts the document outlining challenges assessed, suggestions for stronger operations, and recommended procedural changes
  • Volunteer Manager provides feedback on Volunteer’s document
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Milestone 3: Delivery of Document
  • Volunteer delivers final document outlining recommendations for more effective operations and language for procedural document
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About the org

Wright County Community Action
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Our mission

We work in partnership with the community to empower residents to improve their physical, social and economic well-being.

What we do

At WCCA, we offer 19 programs that focus on 4 major areas of Poverty: Self-Sufficiency, Housing, Education, and Nutrition. We work closely other local non-profits, individuals and government officials to help end poverty.

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