Governance

Duties and Principles

The AGD councils and committees preside over topics of the organization based on their council or committee charge. Each council or committee’s charge aligns with the current organizational strategic plan. Councils and committees each have a chairperson that presides over each meeting.

Read more about the description and duties of a Council or Committee Chair..MS Word

For more information and resources specific to your role as a council or committee member, contact governance@agd.org.
Governance Principles

The AGD Board of Trustees developed the Eleven Principles of Board Governance to use throughout their meetings. Consider adopting these principals to guide you throughout your delegate experience.

  1. Trusteeship: Sitting in trust for others is the role of the Board. This Board is accountable to those others who could be corporate owners, the community as owners, or members of an association.
  2. Authority resides in the group, not individuals.
  3. A Board decision is speaking with one voice.
  4. Speak positively about the strategic outcomes; stay out of strategies except to restrict or set boundaries for what is acceptable in activities or circumstances. Limitations are stated in the negative.
  5. Decide the most general issues in each area before deciding more specific issues in any area. In creating restraints, the Board is more and more specific when it wants to constrain the choices of the executive director and chairperson. Read all eleven principles.