Board materials
From Dryad wiki
Board of Directors Manual and Best Practices
Table of Contents
Section I: Dryad, the Board of Directors, and Membership
Section II: Being a Board Member
- Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
- Dryad Board Operations
- Board Member Qualifications
- Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members and the Board Chairperson
- Bringing Positive Energy into the Boardroom
Section III: By‐laws and Operating Rules
Section IV: Board Standing Committees
- Finance
- Governance
Section V. Staff and Organizational chart
- Senior Staff Listing
- Current Board
- Organization Chart
Section VI: Policies Pertaining to the Board
- Conflicts of Interest and Code of Conduct
- Directors and Officers Insurance Policy Coverage
- Travel/Meeting Expense Reimbursements (Travel to Board meetings is eligible for reimbursement by Dryad)
Section VII. Policy Statements
- Diversity Policy (to be considered)
- Document retention polciy (coming)
- Others …
- Repository policies
- Content Policy
- Privacy Policy (coming)
- Preservation Policy (coming)
Section VIII.Working with the Board
- Annual Calendar
- Website http://datadryad.org
- Wiki http://wiki.datadryad.org/: open resource containing documentation, publicity material, technical release history, publication lists, presentations, etc.; only meeting notes and participant info are private.
- Trello https://trello.com/datadryad: system used to set development priorities; tasks are described and progress is documented; all Trello boards are publicly visible; anyone can comment on a Trello card or "vote" for that card to be completed sooner.
- Dryad blog http://blog.datadryad.org/
- Conference calling information
- Google Drive folder: active Dryad Board documents are shared here, accessible only to Board members and Dryad staff.
- Mailing lists
- Lists that require an invitation to join:
- Board of Directors mailing list (includes all active Board members, plus Laura W., Peggy S.), address: dryad-bod@nescent.org
- Dryad Board Finance Committee, address: Dryad-bodFIN@nescent.org
- Dryad Board Governance Committee, address: Dryad-bodGOV@nescent.org
- Lists that are open to the public:
- Dryad users and community
- Basic list for end-users and interested parties to discuss issues surrounding the repository; moderated.
- address: users@datadryad.org
- subscriptions: http://list.datadryad.org
- Dryad announcements
- list for announcements only
- address: dryad-announcement@nescent.org
- subscriptions: https://lists.nescent.org/mailman/admindb/dryad-announcement
- Dryad developer community
- More technical, for communication among the various groups developing pieces of the Dryad ecosystem; curator weekly reports are posted to this list.
- address: dryad-dev@googlegroups.com
- subscriptions: http://groups.google.com/group/dryad-dev
- Dryad users and community
- Key Legal Forms for Dryad
- Dryad Bylaws, as adopted by the Board of Directors, July 23, 2012.
- Articles of Incorporation
- Lists that require an invitation to join:
- Application for tax-exemption
- IRS Determination Letter