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