Board Handbook
New Directors
Thank you for serving!
To quickly get familiar with some of the HATDS policies and procedures, please start with the following pages. Each will open in a new tab .
After those, let need and curiosity guide you. All offices are described on the Offices and Duties page.
Returning / Outgoing Directors
As soon as it's clear who the new directors will be, direct them to this handbook.
There are several tasks listed on the New Board Checklist that need to be done early in a board's term, ideally just after the transition meeting.
Only in Dropbox
The documents listed below are edited too often to make it practical to include them here as web pages. They are in Dropbox subfolders.
All of these documents need to be kept updated.
| Document | Folder Location |
|---|---|
| Who What Where | /Board Policies & Procedures |
| Financial Reports | /Financial Reports |
| Timeline | /Board Documents by Year |
| Future Meeting Topics | /Board Documents by Year |
| Volunteer Lists (very out of date as of March 2024) | /Working Documents |
| Rosters (very out of date as of March 2024) | /Membership |
Changes to this handbook
Corrections and suggestions for this handbook should be sent to website@hatds.org.
Other Resources
- Board Member Liability Issues
- Organizers Mailing List
- Organizers Facebook group
- Non-profit No-Nos (HATDS has been guilty of numbers 5 & 6.)
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands—one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
~ Audrey Hepburn