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Friday, January 29, 2010
Introduction to Governance
The UUCA Board of Trustees speaks with one voice through written policies.
These written governing policies address each category of organizational decision at the broadest level. The four main sections are:
a. Ends: The difference we make in the world.
b. Executive Limitations: Constraints on executive authority that establish the prudence and ethics boundaries within which executive activity and decision must take place.
c. Board Governance: Specification of how the Board conceives, carries out, and monitors its own task.
d. Board-Executive Linkage: How authority is delegated and its proper use monitored.
Policy-based governance is intended to:
- elevate the voice and vision of congregation as the driving force behind what we do
- empower and free congregants to work together creatively to realize their visions
- clarify roles of staff and board
- ensure accountability for achieving shared outcomes
These written governing policies address each category of organizational decision at the broadest level. The four main sections are:
a. Ends: The difference we make in the world.
b. Executive Limitations: Constraints on executive authority that establish the prudence and ethics boundaries within which executive activity and decision must take place.
c. Board Governance: Specification of how the Board conceives, carries out, and monitors its own task.
d. Board-Executive Linkage: How authority is delegated and its proper use monitored.
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