Board Development

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Your Role as a Board Member

Here you will find various tools and documents to guide and support you in your role 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.

• Roles and Responsibilities

• Board Member Expectations and Commitment

• Best Practice Materials for Non Profit Boards 

• HOPE Bylaws, First Restatement

• HOPE Directors' Conflict of Interest Statement

Evaluation

To assist the Board and its individual members operate at their best, it’s important to for the Board to periodically evaluate its progress in meeting is long and short term goals.  Here you will find tools for and resources to guide your reflection as individual Board members and for an honest and constructive assessment of the Board accomplishments, new opportunities and improvement areas.

• Board Assessment Tool and Member Evaluation Self-Evaluation Form

• Evaluating the Executive Director Article

• HOPE Executive Director Evaluation Form

New Member Recruitment, Selection and Engagement

HUD requires its housing corporation Board members be representative of the views of the community in which the housing is located, including “significant representation of the views of persons living with disabilities (HUD)” and who have low incomes. Here you will find how to recruit, evaluate, select and engage new HUD Board members.

• HUD Board of Directors Recruitment, Selection & Engagement Process Description

• HUD Board of Directors Recruitment, Selection & Engagement Process Steps

• HUD Board Prospect Interview & Evaluation Form

• HUD Board Candidate/Member Engagement Activities and Outcomes Form