Time commitment
Directors spend 16 or more hours per month on TFN business.
A director must:
- attend board meetings and general meetings.
- read in advance the materials which will be discussed at those meetings.
- keep up with email messages on the board's mailing list.
- undertake at least one additional ongoing volunteer task at TFN.
The frequency of board meetings and the amount of preparatory reading
and research depend on TFN's situation. In times of need, directors
must undertake large and urgent workloads. In calm times, directors
undertake work to buttress TFN against future needs. Between the 2009
and 2010 AGMs, there were 15 board meetings. They lasted between half
an hour and 5 hours; 2 hours on average. Preparatory readings were
usually 2 printed pages, occasionally 30 pages.
Duties
Each director is accountable to TFN's members. As a group, the directors
are responsible for wisely steering TFN. They meet regularly to evaluate
TFN's progress, discuss issues, make policy decisions, and delegate tasks.
In addition to their ongoing volunteer work, they each undertake
further tasks between meetings, such as research, proposal drafting,
administrative work within the board, etc. Directors are not paid.
