Board Development
What you need to know to be an effective board member.
Your Role as a Board Member
Here you will find various and documents to guide and support you in how to execute your legal governance and fiduciary obligations to HOPE in ways that align with HOPE’s values and empower you towards a fulfilling experience as a HOPE Board member.
Please note: Word documents will download to your computer once you provide permission, but PDFs generally display as a webpage.
Annual HOPE Directors' Conflict of Interest Statement
The Annual Conflict of Interest Statement must be completed one per year and provided to the Board Secretary as part of the Annual Meeting.
Evaluation
To assist the Board and its individual members to operate at their best, it’s important for the Board to periodically evaluate its progress in meeting its long and short term goals. Here you will find tools and resources to guide your reflection as an individual Board member and to conduct an honest and constructive assessment of the Board’s accomplishments, new opportunities and improvement areas and to evaluate HOPE’s Executive Director.
New HOPE Board Member Recruitment and Selection Process
HOPE’s primary objective is to align the skills and abilities of every Board Director with the specific demands of their roles, ensuring a harmonious fit within the team. To facilitate that alignment, we offer customized training programs that encompass a wide array of critical subjects, and we offer a variety of activities that enable prospective Board candidates to interact with HOPE Board members, staff, community partners and program residents. Some of these activities include attending HOPE gatherings and events, residence visits, and participating on committees and promoting attendance at HOPE events.
These experiences are designed to familiarize prospective members with HOPE’s mission, vision, and values as well as our various housing models and programs. That said, we do require an extensive vetting and orientation process.
Pathway to HOPE Board Membership Policies
Pathway to HOPE Board Membership Procedures and Forms
The documents below are part of HOPE’s Board recruitment, assessment, and orientation process.
Please use the password provided by HOPE to access the resources.
On the protected page, you’ll find:
Recruitment and Assessment Procedures
Ambassador Program Procedures
Ambassador Program Completion and Next Steps Procedures
Stewardship and Mentoring Program Procedures
Board Candidate Orientation Process and Materials
HOPE’s primary objective is to align the skills and abilities of every Board of Directors member with the specific demands of their roles, ensuring a harmonious fit within the team. To facilitate that alignment, we offer customized training programs that encompass a wide array of critical subjects, and we offer a variety of activities that enable prospective Board candidates to interact with HOPE Board members, staff, community partners and program residents. Some of these activities include attending HOPE gatherings and events, residence visits, and participating on committees and promoting attendance at HOPE events.
These experiences are designed to familiarize prospective members with the HOPE’s mission, vision, and values as well as our various housing models and programs. That said, we do require a fairly extensive vetting and orientation process.
Develop document describing how to set up a candidate orientation plan (in development)
Develop a document for Board members on how to provide a structured mentoring process for new Board members (in development)