Governance

Duties and Principles

The AGD Executive Committee (EC) is comprised of six elected officers: the president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer, speaker of the House of Delegates, editor, and the immediate past president. The powers, duties, terms of office, and method of election of each officer is determined by the AGD Bylaws.

Eligibility: Only an active, emeritus, or retired member in good standing of this AGD shall be eligible to serve as the elective officer. A candidate may only run for one office per election. 

Nominations:

  • All AGD officer positions open for candidacy are announced in AGD Impact one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the annual meeting.
  • Any member who wishes to be a candidate for AGD office must present a hard copy or electronic petition of twenty-five (25) members in good standing to the AGD secretary no later than sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting.
  • Each candidate in a contested election may have an AGD member speak on his or her behalf for no longer than two (2) minutes.
  • An incumbent AGD officer must declare for a new office at least thirty (30) days before the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees (Board), and resign his or her current office effective at the close of the annual meeting. Once an incumbent declares for a new office, said resignation is irrevocable.

Read more about the description and duties of an EC member.MS Word

For more information and resources specific to your role as an EC member, contact executiveoffice@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.