Created by [ Rowan Dempster] on Dec 24, 2019
The Board of Directors serves as an advisory council, proposing and approving policies and procedures that will be executed by the Directors and Captains. The Board of Directors consists of all Directors and Captains of the current term, important stakeholders such as the GM and Academic advisors, and previous Directors and Captains of Watnomous.
The current Board of Directors consist of the following people
Permanent
Seasonal
Policies and procedures are significant documents, typically located within Phabricator, that outlines processes on how Watonomous should act during the day-to-day operations. These policies and procedures will be used by Directors and Managers to guide how they should do their job. Policies and procedures would also consist of important significant documents, such as proposed budgets, sponsorship resources, reports, and presentations. It can also be an undocumented significant decision, such as the addition or removal of a permanent Board Member, election of a Chairperson, or election and removal of Captains and Directors.
There shall be a Board Meeting scheduled regularly every week, led by the Chairperson, which will have the following agenda
The Captains will provide a status update on the progress made in their responsibilities. Following this, all Directors will provide a summary of the progress made over the past week, including any blockers and concerns.
Any member of the board can introduce a proposal for policies and procedures if there is a quorum of at least 50% of the board present in the meeting. The introducing member will go through the text of the policies and procedures and explain the context and justification for it. Following this, all board members may discuss these policies and procedures until the Chairperson is ready to bring the policies and procedures to a vote or decide that it should be refined and be discussed at a later date. During the non-secret vote, every present member will vote to either pass or reject the policies and procedures, or abstain from voting. Following this, any current Captain or the Chairperson can choose to veto the policies and procedures. If at least half of the votes cast was to pass the policies and procedures with no vetoes, the policies and procedures are passed and should be enacted by the Directors.
Members of the board may also propose to include any discussion topic they wish to bring to attention during the meeting in the agenda.
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