Greetings all. Our small non-profit organization in Raleigh, NC, has been operating a small fire museum for some ten years, but without a formal board of directors. We are working to change that.
We want to hear how other fire museums have done it, and structure their boards. Please chime in! We're seeking such information as: - How many board seats do you have?
- Do any seats have specific duties/requirements?
- How many/which officers are also board members?
- What terms/rotation do the board members have?
- etc.
Thanks in advance all. You can also shoot me an email at mikey "at" legeros "dot" com.
The California Fire Museum - Safety Learning Center has a 15 member board per our by-laws. We have a number of committees, including Apparatus, Collections, Membership, Events, Communications, Fundraising.
Many of our board members are the chair of a committee but not a requirement. Our board members serve a term of 3 years. Having 15 board members we rotate their terms so we are not replacing all board members at one time. Any opeinings can be replace during the year by a vote of the board. Elections are held once a year for the 3 board members whos term is up. Also the officers have a 3 year term. A slate is put togather for each election and nominations are take from the floor for the 3 terms that are up or any open positions. There is no limit to the number of terms a board member can serve. The only quilifacation for a board member is that they must be a member of the California Fire Museum-Safety Learning Center.
All of our guidence comes from our by-laws. We are a 501-c3 Non-Profit organization. And are a board member only voting body.
Hope this helps some. Don Croucher, VP CFM - SLC crowncoach@aol.com www.cafiremuseum.org