Dictionary of Terms
Browse the Social Economy Governance Portal’s list of
dictionary terms for definitions of important governance terms.
A
Accountability
Being answerable for decisions. When policy decisions are made openly to the
population, who are capable of assessing whether it is a decision made in the
wider public interest. A board’s sense of responsibility, building of trust,
and credibility with the public and constituents.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
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Action
minutes
Record of a meeting in the form of a list of steps required, who should take
them and when.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Ad
hoc committee
A temporary committee or task force established to address a
specific issue.
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Advisory
council
A group created to advise and support a nonprofit and its
board, also called advisory group, advisory committee, or advisory board;
usually focuses on a specific issue.
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Advocacy
Representing an organization through articulating the
mission and supporting and defending the organization’s message.
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Agenda
for meetings
An outline for what will be discussed at a meeting; provides
structure for a meeting.
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Aim
Describes why the organization exists and the difference
it wants to make. Aims can be overall or specific.
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Articles
of incorporation
An official statement
of creation of an organization; it is filed with the appropriate state agency.
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Articles
of organization
A charter for an
unincorporated organization.
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Audit
A review of financial and/or legal transactions and
activities of an organization.
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Auditing
Checking that certain standards are met and controls are
in place; this may be done internally or by an outside agency. It is not
limited to financial standards and controls. A social audit links a systematic
reporting of organizational activities to the issue of social impact and the
ethical behaviour of an organization.
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B
Best interests of the organization
There is a legal duty placed on the trustees of an
organization always to act in the best interests of that organization and in
doing so to strike a balance between the interests of both present and future
beneficiaries. Imprudently spending the financial reserves of an organization
on today’s beneficiaries might endanger its ability to serve future
beneficiaries. On the other hand, setting aside excessive
financial reserves may reduce an organization’s ability to
deliver benefits now.
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Best practice
Superior performance within an area of policy, policy
intervention or practice. It is usual for best practice to be rolled out to
other areas or projects, developing widespread performance improvements.
http://www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/glossary/term/best-practice
Board
This is the organization’s governing body. This may be
called the management committee, executive committee or board of directors, or
may be referred to by some other title. The trustee board of a charity is the
group ‘responsible under the charity’s governing document for controlling the
management and administration of the charity, regardless of what they are called’
(Section 97 of the Charities Act 1993).
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Board
cycles
A term used to
describe the evolution of an organization’s board from creation to full
operation and establishment.
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Board
development
A process of building
effective boards and educating board members about their governance role.
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Board
member
A person sharing the
responsibility and liability for the organization with the rest of the members
of the board.
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Board
member agreement
A verbal or written commitment outlining board member
expectations.
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Board
member profile grid
A tool helping identify desired characteristics and gaps on
a board.
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Board
of directors
Governing body of a nonprofit or for-profit corporation; the
board has specific legal and ethical responsibilities to the organization.
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Bylaws
The legal operating guidelines for a board.
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Bylaws
amendment
A change to the
original bylaws of an organization; the bylaws themselves should outline
amendment procedures.
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C
Carver,
John
An author and
lecturer about board governance, as well as the creator of the Policy
Governanceâ Model.
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CEO
The chief executive officer; top staff position of a
nonprofit organization or a for-profit company.
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Chair
The chief volunteer position in the organization; elected
leader of the board.
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Chairperson
Individual who controls a meeting, deciding who can speak when.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Charter
The legal
organizational document for a nonprofit; also known as the articles of
incorporation or articles of organization.
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Chief
executive
The top staff position of a nonprofit organization, also
called CEO or executive director.
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Code of conduct
This is a set of written and agreed procedures and
rules which govern how the trustees of a board, or management committee,
conduct themselves.
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Committee
A subgroup of a board
organized to help manage the board’s work.
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Community governance
Local people take a role in the future direction of their
community, particularly in local public service provision.
http://www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/glossary/term/community-governance
Community politics
Style of political action through which people are enabled to control their own
destinies. Identified with an on-going political movement that seeks to create
a participatory democracy.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Compact
Understanding between government (national or local) and the voluntary sector
(in the guise of its representative bodies or through wider consultation) on
how relations between the two should be conducted.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Confidentiality
clause
A board policy
defining unauthorized and improper disclosures of confidential information by board
members.
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Conflict
of interest
A situation in which
the personal or professional concerns of a board member or a staff member
affect his or her ability to put the welfare of the organization before
personal benefit.
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Consensus building
Procedure for helping people with different views to come together
interactively on a dispute, project, plan or issue, to work towards agreeing a
sensible solution or way forward which is mutually satisfactory.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Consent
agenda
A component of the
meeting agenda that groups routine items and resolutions as one agenda item.
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Constitution
This usually refers
to the organizational documents of an organization.
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D
D&O
(Directors’ and Officers’) insurance
Insurance that
protects board members and top staff personnel from liability created by board
decisions or actions.
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Delegated power
Where decision-making is moved to another authority or body.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Disclosure
form
A form on which board
members annually detail personal and professional connections that could create
a potential conflict of interest.
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Due
diligence
An expectation that a
board member exercises reasonable care and follows the business judgment rule
when making decisions.
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Duty
of care
An expectation that a
board member exercises reasonable care when making decisions.
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Duty
of loyalty
An expectation that a
board member remains faithful and loyal to the organization.
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Duty
of obedience
An expectation that a
board member remains obedient to the central purposes of the organization and
respects all laws and legal regulations.
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E
E-Government
Delivery of government services and information through electronic means such
as the internet, digital television and other digital technologies.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Emeritus
status
An honorific title
usually given to a former board member who is invited to stay on board as a
non-voting member in an advisory capacity.
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Empowerment
Increase people’s capacity to develop skills and influence
services in their area. Often involves greater participation in institutions
and agencies that affect policy and service delivery.
http://www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/glossary/term/empowerment
Ethos
The distinguishing values, beliefs and character of an
organization. The ethos of an organization may determine the way it treats its
staff and/or volunteers, beneficiaries, customers, environment and legal
responsibilities.
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Evaluation
Involves using monitoring and other information to make
judgments on how an organization, project or program is doing. Evaluation can
be done externally or internally.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Executive
committee
A committee that has
specific powers, outlined in the bylaws, which allow it to act on the board’s
behalf when a full board meeting is not possible or necessary.
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Executive
session
A meeting of a board
in which no staff are present.
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Ex
officio
"By reason of
their office"; a person serving on a board due to his or her position
rather than through elections.
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F
Fiduciary
duty
A responsibility of
board members and the nonprofit board as a whole to ensure that financial
resources of an organization are sufficient and handled properly.
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Fiscal
agent
An organization or a
legal entity managing the funds for a nonprofit organization.
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Fiscal
sponsor
An arrangement where
an established nonprofit provides financial support for a project that may be
independent or which has yet to obtain its own tax-exempt status.
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Fund
accounting
A nonprofit
accounting method that separates various restricted assets in different fund
categories.
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Fund
balance
An organization’s
claim to its assets; the net worth of the organization.
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G
Governance
The systems and processes
concerned with ensuring the overall direction, effectiveness, supervision and
accountability of an organization. The
legal authority of a board to establish policies that will affect the life and
work of the organization while holding the board accountable for the outcome of
such decisions.
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Governance
committee
A committee
responsible for recruiting, orienting, and training of board members.
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Governing documents
Any document setting out the organization’s purposes
and, usually, how it is to be administered. It may be a trust deed,
constitution, memorandum and articles of association, will, conveyance, Royal
Charter, Scheme of the Commissioners, or other such formal document. Governing
documents means any document setting out the organization’s purpose and how it
is to be run.
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H
Human capital
Ability of individuals to do productive work; includes physical and mental health,
strength, stamina, knowledge, skills, motivation and a constructive and
co-operative attitude.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
I
Incorporation
A legal process in
which a group is created and recognized by the state as an entity separate from
the individuals who manage or govern it.
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Indemnification
A guarantee by an
organization to rely on its own resources to pay board members' legal costs for
claims that result from board service.
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In-kind
donation
A donation of
products or services instead of money to a nonprofit by a company or
individual.
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Innovative
A mindset that allows a new perspective, a new approach, a
new way of looking at old problems.
http://www.theciel.com/faq_definitions.php
Inputs
Resources
put into an organization to carry out an activity. Inputs may be human,
material, financial or expressed as time.
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Insider
A board, staff, or
family member of a board or staff member who has influence on the decisions
made by the organization.
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Involuntary
dissolution
A mandate from the
state requiring a nonprofit to cease all operations and distribute all assets.
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J
Joint
venture
A specific project or
event conducted by two or more nonprofits, or a nonprofit and for-profit
corporation.
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K
Knowledge
management
Capturing, compiling,
and disseminating data or information and turning it into knowledge.
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L
Leader
A person who inspires others through thought, speech &
action (to think, speak & act).
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Lead
gift
A major gift, usually
from a board member to launch a capital campaign.
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Legal
audit
A process of
systematically reviewing all legal documents and processes, usually with
professional help.
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Liability
Any legal
responsibility, duty, or obligation.
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M
Management committee
Governing body of a project or organization. Similar to board of directors in a
company.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Mentoring
An orientation tool
where an experienced board member helps teach new board members about the
organization and the work of the board.
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Micromanagement
This usually refers
to a manager who is paying too much attention to details and is not focusing on
the big picture.
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Minutes
A legal written
record of what occurred during a meeting.
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Mission
statement
This describes the needs
the organization was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the
organization exists.
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N
Networking
Exchanging experience with people engaged in similar activities. Usually in an
informal manner.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Notetaker
Person who records points made at a workshop or plenary session with a view to
writing up a record and/or making a presentation of the results.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
O
Objects
The objects of a voluntary or
community organization are usually contained within its governing documents.
They are a legal statement of the purpose of the organization. If they are
wholly and exclusively charitable in law, then the organization is a charity
and subject to charity law and the charity regulator. It is the objects and
activities, which make an organization a charity, not registration with the
Charity Commission or other regulator.
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Officer
A board leadership
position; typically refers to the chair, vice chair, secretary, or treasurer.
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Orientation
Educating board
members on their roles, responsibilities, their organization, and how the board
works.
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Overall aim
Describes why the organization exists and the broad effect
it wants to have. It summarizes the difference that an organization wants to
make. It is often linked to the mission, vision or purpose of an organization.
(See specific aims).
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
P
PAC
(Political Action Committee)
A separate
organization or a segregated fund whose function is to influence federal,
state, or local public office elections.
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Participatory
democracy
Process that involves people directly in decision-making that affects them,
rather than through formally elected representatives such as councilors or MPs
as in representative democracy.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Performance indicators
Well-defined
qualitative or quantitative measures that show how well an organization or
project is performing. For example, outcome indicators are used to assess
whether expected outcomes have occurred. Output indicators are used to assess
whether outputs have been delivered.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Performance management
framework
Strategies, plans, policies and indicators that enable the performance of an
organization (usually a local authority) to be effectively and efficiently
monitored in an open and transparent manner.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Policies
Policies are of two types. The first are statements of
good practice and procedure that determine the conduct of the organization, its
volunteers and (where relevant) staff, and provide remedies for breaches of
that conduct. These often form part of the operational handbook, which can be
referred to in the contract, where this is relevant. Examples are: equal
opportunities, a disciplinary code, and they often have legal force. Other
policies deal with more general issues and are advisory. Examples include; financial
procedures, recruitment and selection.
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Policy
governance
A structured
governance model created by John Carver.
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Policy
manual
A book in which all
policies are compiled.
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President
A term used to
describe the chief volunteer officer or the chief staff officer of an
organization.
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Procedures
Procedures are an approved standard way of how to do
something. They are invariably in writing because otherwise they will not be
approved or standard, but will be soon forgotten and re-invented regularly.
Procedures are a useful means of helping maintain quality in an organization’s
activities. They can be used for such areas of activity as governance, as well
as in the delivery of services to beneficiaries. The writing and regular updating
of procedures can consume a disproportionate amount of time in smaller organizations
and the likely benefits should always be weighed against the cost.
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Public relations
An organized means of communicating effectively with the
market. In order for it to be done well, it must be done within the context of
a greater marketing plan.
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Q
Qualitative evaluation
An approach to evaluation or part of an evaluation that is
primarily descriptive and interpretative.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Quality action plan
A
written plan showing the improvements to be made to an organization.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Quality assurance system
The range of ways in which an organization can implement
quality management through use of a formal system to encourage improvements.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Quality standard
Represents
an agreed level of service or organizational performance that should be met
each and every time.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Quantitative evaluation
An
evaluation approach involving the use and analysis of numerical data and
measurement.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Quorum
A minimum number of
people required at a meeting in order for business to be conducted.
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R
Representative
democracy
A system of government based on
the election of decision-makers by the people. Representatives act in their
interests, but not as their proxies.
http://www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/glossary/term/representation-democracy
Retreat
A day or weekend
event where the board or staff go to a location outside of the office or board
room and focus on a specific issue or a specific group of issues; examples
include orientation, strategic planning, or self-assessment.
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Robert’s
Rules of Order
A parliamentary
procedure used to conduct meetings.
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S
Secretary
An officer position
that involves taking minutes and keeping records and archives of the board.
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Self-evaluation
A form
of evaluation in which people within an organization make judgments about their
organization’s performance towards meeting its aims and objectives, usually
against a set of performance indicators. Evaluation is integrated into project
management.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Self-management
Where a facility is managed by the people who use it.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Silo
Inefficient departments with little or no planning and co-ordination between
related programs.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Social audit
Tool to help an organization understand, measure and report upon its social
performance through the eyes of its stakeholders. Over time, the approach can
be used to help an organization improve its social performance.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Social capital
Ability of social structures and institutions to provide a supportive framework
for individuals; includes firms, trade unions, families, communities, voluntary
organizations, legal/political systems, educational institutions, health
services, financial institutions and systems of property rights.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Specific aims
Statements
about the particular differences an organization hopes to make to its user
group. These usually stem from needs of the user group.
http://www.ces-vol.org.uk/downloads/keyterms-13-19.pdf
Staggered
term limits
An organizational
structure where board members' terms expire in alternating years.
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Stakeholder
This can mean anyone with a significant legitimate
interest in the good management of an organization. This would include funders,
trustees, volunteers, staff, suppliers, customers (also known as purchasers)
and beneficiaries who all clearly have an interest in the proper running of an
organization. More narrowly, and in its original meaning, stakeholders are
those who have invested in an enterprise. In a voluntary and community
organization this would mean the funders and the volunteers (who invest their
time) and might be thought to include the staff who invest their careers into
an organization. The concept of stakeholder should not be confused with the
persons to whom the board of trustees hold themselves accountable. This party
can sometimes be difficult to identify in trusts, although in membership
organizations where the members elect the board it is almost invariably the
members to whom the board is accountable.
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Stakeholder analysis
Gaining an understanding about who is affected by any proposal and therefore
who should be involved in any participation process. Useful first step in most
participation processes.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Steering group
Informal group set up to pursue a project or goal.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Strategy/strategic plan
A broad course of action with an identifiable outcome.
This is achieved through a sequence of steps, which are subject to monitoring
and modification, to accomplish desired goals and objectives. This should
incorporate the organization’s vision, mission and values statement, where appropriate.
(NB. A ‘strategic plan’ is therefore a timetabled account of the strategy)
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Structure
How the organization is set up. This may indicate a
chain of command, titles and areas of responsibility. It could include numbers
of personnel involved, or may actually name them and their responsibilities.
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Subsidiarity
Maximum local autonomy.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Sustainable
development
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Report
definition).
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
SWOT analysis
Determination of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats relating
to an organization or activity.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
T
Tax-deductible
donation
A donation in which
the donor can deduct the amount of the donation from his or her taxable income.
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Team-building
Learning to work together as a group by getting to know each other and
developing shared aims, values and working practices.
http://www.communityplanning.net/glossary/glossary.htm
Term
limits
A restriction on the
number of consecutive terms that a person can serve as a board member.
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Treasurer
A board officer
position that is responsible for coordinating and ensuring financial oversight
of the organization.
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Trustee
A person who has legal authority to take control of and
manage another’s finance and property; this authority must always be exercised
to the full advantage of the beneficiary. In most legal trusts the trustee
holds legal title to the trust property, is a representative of the trust, and
has the capacity to sue and be sued on behalf of the trust. A trustee may also
be known as a managing trustee, committee member, governor or director.
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V
Values
A set of principles that the organization seeks to
apply, both in setting its mission and aims, and in its day-to-day operations.
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Values
statement
A written description
of the beliefs, principles, and ethical guidelines that direct a nonprofit’s
planning and operations.
http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.1016#I
Vice-chair
A board officer whose
main duty is to replace the chair when the chair is not able to carry out his or
her duties.
http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.1016#I
Vision
This is the ideal towards which the organisation is
working.
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/publications/publication.asp?id=3815
Visioning
Imagining a future state, and
simultaneously the implications of getting there. Inclusive visioning considers
approaches to engaging and including the community.
http://www.ascskills.org.uk/pages/glossary/term/visioning
Vision
statement
A written description
of the ultimate desired objective of the organization.
http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.1016#I
Volunteer
Protection Act
A law that protects
volunteers from personal financial liability when acting for an organization.
http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.1016#I
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