SHOREWOOD FOUNDATION Director APPLICATION

The Shorewood Foundation appreciates your interest in serving on its Board of Directors. Please complete the following form and hit the submit button, or print and email a completed form to theshorewoodfoundation@gmail.com. Our staff will forward your application to the Shorewood Foundation Nominating Committee and the Foundation President.

Name

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Occupation

How long have you been a village resident?

Why do you want to serve on the Shorewood Foundation Board?

Are you familiar with the duties and responsibilities of the Shorewood Foundation Board?

Have you observed any meetings of this Board?

Do you hold an elective or appointive public position or office? If so, what office/s or position/s?

Describe briefly your education and any work experience or other activity which in your opinion would be beneficial in carrying out the responsibilities of this office:

If elected to this office, are there any other activities in which you are now engaged which would interfere with your regular attendance upon the duties required? If so to what extent?

List other organizations of which you are a member:

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SHOREWOOD FOUNDATION

This material is intended to provide the basic information necessary to serve as a Director of the Shorewood Foundation. In addition to this information, you will also need an active interest in, and familiarity with, our special Village to do the job well. Some questions about the business of the Foundation are asked and answered many times in the course of orienting new Directors. In this Introduction, we will try to answer many of the basic questions.

The Shorewood Foundation Board is comprised of 15 Directors elected by the Board of Directors to 3-year terms. Executive members serve 2-year terms. New terms begin immediately following the May Annual Meeting of the year of election (or immediately following election in the case of a special election to fill a vacancy). Interested persons may obtain an application to serve as a Foundation director at the Village Hall or from any current Director. All Directors receive notices of meetings and copies of draft minutes of meetings.

Directors are expected to serve on two standing committees and to attend all Board and Committee meetings. The standing committees are: Nominating; Audit and Finance; Grants; Marketing, Communications and Events; and Fundraising/Development. The President makes committee appointments.

Officers of the Foundation are elected annually at the Annual Meeting in May. Terms are three years in length. The Bylaws limit each officer to holding an office to no more than two years. A major goal of each officer should be to develop candidates to succeed him or her in office. The officers are President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Chairs are selected to lead each of the Foundation's standing committees.

Members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors are covered for their volunteer work by a liability insurance policy provided by the Foundation. The Foundation is not subject to Wisconsin open meeting/open records laws. Nonetheless, the times and location of Foundation Board meetings are posted in advance and regular meetings are open to the public. The Foundation reserves the right to meet privately, in executive session, when it is necessary to conduct the Foundation’s business. This is not expected to occur often. Foundation committee meetings are not posted and are not routinely open to the public.

The financial books of the Foundation are required by the Bylaws to be audited annually. The Treasurer maintains the books on a calendar year basis. The financial records of the Foundation are intended to be transparently available to the community on a reasonable basis. The donor list of the Foundation, which is a “public charity,” is not required to be disclosed to any outside party and is maintained by the Foundation on a confidential basis.