Board Composition

This presents criteria used by the ArtsBC to develop a board of directors to best serve the aims, objectives and needs of the organization.  Ideally the composition of the board will reflect the following:

Contacts And Connections

• With arts councils and other local agencies
• With potential business and corporate partners who have invested in their communities and who potentially share our organizational goals
• With business and professional organizations where potential funding and other partnerships can be developed
• With practicing artists and arts organizations, particularly those working in a community cultural development context
• With educational organizations and institutions
• With health care organizations and institutions
• With other organizations in the not-for-profit sector
• With governments and government institutions at municipal, regional, provincial and federal levels

Interests And Passions

• Community based art
• Professional arts practice
• Innovative partnerships
• Community service
• Innovation in cultural development at the local level
• Social change

Skills, Experience And Knowledge

• Partnership development
• Organizational change
• Strategic planning
• Meeting management
• Governance models and board development
• Financial management and stewardship
• Fundraising and resource development
• Government infrastructures relevant to community arts and cultural development
• Community cultural development practices and processes
• Social change practices and processes

Diversity:

• Age
• Cultural/Ethnic
• Gender
• Geographic
• Comfort with risk-taking