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Dear Prospective
Board Member:
Thank you for
your interest in serving as a member of the Okanogan County Community Action
Council (OCCAC) Board of Directors. Please take some time to review the
items included in this folder. I hope they will give you a sense of what
Community Action does, and the importance the Board of Directors has in
setting policy and direction for our community-based organization. More
detailed information is also available at your request.
All Board
members are expected to attend all regular and special Board meetings,
usually held on the last Wednesday of every month, in Okanogan in the early
evening. Board members are also encouraged to be involved on at least one
of four committees, which meet monthly for one hour usually during the day.
These committees are Personnel, Planning & Evaluation, Finance, and
Programs. The time commitment for these meetings, and other potential
activities, is approximately 8 hours/month. Every effort is made to make
meeting times convenient to Board members’ schedules.
Community Action
was incorporated in 1965 to assist people in Okanogan County by
increasing opportunities for low-income families to become self-sufficient.
Now, some thirty five years later, we are recommitting ourselves to the task
of involving the entire county in efforts to build local communities at all
levels. Your participation in this effort will stimulate and challenge you
by leading the agency into a new future. I hope that you will join us!
For your
information, all Board members, in their capacity while acting for the
agency, have insurance coverage to protect against liability for actions
taken in good faith. In addition, transportation costs for Board members
who live some distance from Okanogan are reimbursed for attendance at Board
meetings.
I hope that you
can attend the next regular Board meeting and get to know us better. All of
us at Community Action are available to answer any questions you might have.
Thank you for
your interest. I hope you'll seriously consider joining the Community
Action Team.
Sincerely,
The OCCAC Board
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