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Volunteer: FLAP is looking for individuals from Will County interested in serving on its Board of Directors

Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros - is looking for individuals from Will County interested in serving on its Board of Directors. Please find the Board Rules and Responsibilities below. Please note that for the board meetings you can participate by conference call. We have board members from various counties around northern Illinois, who participate remotely without traveling to Chicago. Additionally, our Executive Director, who travels around Illinois, will be able to meet periodically in your area for check-ins. 

The mission of the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) -Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros- in Will County is to improve working conditions for low-income landscapers, snow plowing workers, packinghouse workers, cannery workers, restaurant workers, farmworkers, nursery workers, greenhouse workers, meat and poultry workers and their households. FLAP is the only non-profit organization in Will county and the Midwest, and one of just a handful in the United States, that makes sure Latino low-income workers are treated with dignity, and guaranteed their legal rights. While FLAP serves all classifications of workers, it focuses on low-income laborers and their families. 

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact FLAP at asossa@flapillinois.org.

 

Learn more about the board: 

  https://youtu.be/7EnpL-2seZA  

Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members

 

Board Member Roles:


1.Ensure effective executive leadership

 

Hire, support, evaluate, and discharge the organization's executive director
 Ensure the continuity of the organization through the development and recruitment of
the executive director,
 Provide leadership on organizational transition, in conjunction with the executive
director
 Approve compensation and benefit policies


  

2. Protect and increase financial resources·

  

Review and approve the annual budget
 Review and approve major financial decisions, commitments, and plans including
expenditures, loans, leases, investments, and accounting services
 Develop and implement fundraising plans
 Make a personal financial contribution to the organization and help raise funds for the
organization


 

 3. Set programmatic and organizational priorities

 

Set long and short-range priorities and strategies of the organization
 Evaluate progress toward program and financial goals
 Review and strengthen the structure of the organization on a regular basis, including
its bylaws and board and staffing structures


 

4. Provide strong board participation and leadership

 

Encourage and achieve high participation in regular and special board meetings
Conduct the affairs of the board including board development and transition
Provide orientation to new board members
 Ensure board documentation including agendas, minutes, and other materials
Develop and maintain an appropriate board structure, including officers and committees (as needed)


 Assure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulation and reporting
requirements and recognized best practices for nonprofit boards
 Elect officers on an annual basis
 Represent the organization vis-à-vis the public and community
. Serve as the organization's "ambassadors" to the community
 Represent the organization at public functions and vis-à-vis other organizations as
appropriate


 

 

Specific Board Member Responsibilities:


Dedicate between five and ten hours of time to board-related activities each month
 Attend board meetings regularly, notifying the board president or executive director
of the inability to attend in advance of the meeting
 Take on specific individual responsibilities, including work on an ad hoc committee
or a standing committee
 Make a personal monetary contribution and/or secure funds for the organization which total at least $500 per year
 Introduce the organization to potential corporate, foundation, law firm, and
individual supporters
 Suggest names of individuals who could be potential board members, contact such
individuals and, if needed, participate in meetings with them to introduce them to the organization Must comply with all provisions of the bylaws, specifically portions pertaining to
board members

 

 

 

 

Agency: Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros

Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros - is looking for individuals from Will County interested in serving on its Board of Directors. Please find the Board Rules and Responsibilities below. Please note that for the board meetings you can participate by conference call. We have board members from various counties around northern Illinois, who participate remotely without traveling to Chicago. Additionally, our Executive Director, who travels around Illinois, will be able to meet periodically in your area for check-ins. 

The mission of the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) -Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros- in Will County is to improve working conditions for low-income landscapers, snow plowing workers, packinghouse workers, cannery workers, restaurant workers, farmworkers, nursery workers, greenhouse workers, meat and poultry workers and their households. FLAP is the only non-profit organization in Will county and the Midwest, and one of just a handful in the United States, that makes sure Latino low-income workers are treated with dignity, and guaranteed their legal rights. While FLAP serves all classifications of workers, it focuses on low-income laborers and their families. 

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact FLAP at asossa@flapillinois.org.

 

Learn more about the board: 

  https://youtu.be/7EnpL-2seZA  

Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members

 

Board Member Roles:


1.Ensure effective executive leadership

 

Hire, support, evaluate, and discharge the organization's executive director
 Ensure the continuity of the organization through the development and recruitment of
the executive director,
 Provide leadership on organizational transition, in conjunction with the executive
director
 Approve compensation and benefit policies


  

2. Protect and increase financial resources·

  

Review and approve the annual budget
 Review and approve major financial decisions, commitments, and plans including
expenditures, loans, leases, investments, and accounting services
 Develop and implement fundraising plans
 Make a personal financial contribution to the organization and help raise funds for the
organization


 

 3. Set programmatic and organizational priorities

 

Set long and short-range priorities and strategies of the organization
 Evaluate progress toward program and financial goals
 Review and strengthen the structure of the organization on a regular basis, including
its bylaws and board and staffing structures


 

4. Provide strong board participation and leadership

 

Encourage and achieve high participation in regular and special board meetings
Conduct the affairs of the board including board development and transition
Provide orientation to new board members
 Ensure board documentation including agendas, minutes, and other materials
Develop and maintain an appropriate board structure, including officers and committees (as needed)


 Assure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulation and reporting
requirements and recognized best practices for nonprofit boards
 Elect officers on an annual basis
 Represent the organization vis-à-vis the public and community
. Serve as the organization's "ambassadors" to the community
 Represent the organization at public functions and vis-à-vis other organizations as
appropriate


 

 

Specific Board Member Responsibilities:


Dedicate between five and ten hours of time to board-related activities each month
 Attend board meetings regularly, notifying the board president or executive director
of the inability to attend in advance of the meeting
 Take on specific individual responsibilities, including work on an ad hoc committee
or a standing committee
 Make a personal monetary contribution and/or secure funds for the organization which total at least $500 per year
 Introduce the organization to potential corporate, foundation, law firm, and
individual supporters
 Suggest names of individuals who could be potential board members, contact such
individuals and, if needed, participate in meetings with them to introduce them to the organization Must comply with all provisions of the bylaws, specifically portions pertaining to
board members

 

 

 

 

Agency: Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 60602

Allow Groups: No