Advocacy

6(1) Board Committees will be assigned to help the Board fulfill its duties, and never to interfere with delegation from Board to the GM.

(2) Committees will assist the Board by providing policy advice and implications for Board deliberation.

(3) Board Committees may not speak or act for the Board except when formally given such authority for specific and/or time-limited purposes. Expectations and authority will be carefully stated in order not to conflict with authority delegated to the GM.

(4) In relation to the staff Board Committees,

• (a) are never to help or advise the staff unless otherwise approved by the Board.
• (b) in keeping with the Board’s broader focus, Board Committees will normally not have direct dealings with current staff operations.
• (c) cannot exercise authority over staff.

(5) As the GM works for the full Board, they will not be required to obtain approval from a Board Committee before taking any action, except where the Committee has been delegated specific authority to act on behalf of the Board.

(6) A Board Committee must not monitor organizational performance in a given area that the same Committee has assisted the Board in policy development in order to prevent a Committee from identifying with a part of the organization rather than the whole. The Board retains all responsibility and authority to monitor organizational performance.

(7) All Committee members shall abide by the same Code of Conduct that governs the Board.

Approved: July 10, 2014

From Part 3 – Governance Process of ABP’s Policy Manual