PrairieFire
BioFuels Cooperative Board of Directors is accepting applicants!
What is PFBF looking for in a Board of Directors?
The board plays a key role in the success of a co-op. The board adopts a position of authority and
legal responsibility. Its foremost
function is in setting direction, envisioning strategy and ensuring the coop’s
financial well-being.
An essential part of this is to evaluate -- evaluate the
management and staff, evaluate the co-op's financial performance, evaluate
membership services and structure of the co-op, and occasionally step back and
evaluate the basic mission and goals of the co-op. Evaluation is a way of measuring progress
towards the direction set by the board and the membership.
Terms and contribution
requirements
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He or she must be a member in good standing of PFBF
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He or she must have time to attend board and board
committee meetings ~15 hrs/month. Every board
committee will have a Director as a chairperson.
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Every Director will participate in at least one
board committee.
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Board members are elected for 3 yr terms, staggering
about 1/3 of the BOD every year.
An aspiring PrairieFire BioFuels Cooperative Board of Director (BOD)
should, in general, possess the following characteristics:
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He or she must embrace the Mission of PFBF coop, be
able to articulate their interpretation of this vision, and explain how they
plan to achieve it while they are in office.
While serving as a BOD, an individual must swear to act with the good of
the coop in mind at all times.
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He or she should possess strong leadership
skills. The BOD is responsible for
overseeing the activity of all coop committees and must be able to coordinate
its strategy into concrete action through chair and committee work.
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He or she must have good written and interpersonal
communications skills. The livelihood of
the coop depends on the Board’s ability to articulate the coop’s relevance to
the community in order to raise memberships, grants, and donations.
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He or she should have a baseline understanding of
small business finance, budget planning and fund raising. The Board is responsible for ensuring the
financial wellbeing of the coop and prior experience with successfully running
a business, coop or not, will be valuable.
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He or she should possess strong organizational
skills. The ability to use and access a
computer and basic office applications is a plus.
Download the application here
