Expectations of Board Members
EXPECTATIONS OF RSO BOARD MEMBERS
Thank you for your commitment to the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. We greatly appreciate the value of the time, energy, ideas, money and enthusiasm you will be providing to the RSO as a member of the board of directors. We need you to enthusiastically support the RSO through active participation in the board’s management and the direction of the RSO’s business activities, through your attendance at concerts and events, with your financial support, and through publicly advocating for the RSO whenever possible. Governance: Board members are elected (generally but not exclusively) at the RSO’s Annual Meeting in June for a three-year term (one year is July 1 to June 30). Board members may generally serve no more than two consecutive terms. We expect board members to make every effort to attend board meetings, and to advise the president or the executive director of any necessary absence. We also expect board members to participate in any committee or task force they may be asked by the president to join. As with any board, we need members to actively engage with each other and with the RSO’s staff in making sure we make timely, well-considered business, financial, and program decisions which are in the best interests of the RSO. Any board member who may benefit personally or in their business from transactions with the RSO should discuss the issue with the president of the board and refrain from participating in the approval of any such transactions.
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