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Overview of Responsibilities for Board Positions

The NASW Board of Directors are trustees who act on behalf of the association's members. The board has the principal responsibility for fulfillment of the organization's mission and the legal accountability for its operations. They are in charge of establishing a clear organizational mission, forming the strategic plan to accomplish the mission, overseeing and evaluating the plan's success, hiring a competent executive director and providing adequate supervision and support to that individual, ensuring financial solvency of the organization, and complying with Chapter and National policies and procedures for the management of the association. The Board is responsible for annually evaluating and determining compensation for the Executive Director. Board members have a duty of loyalty to the organization, its staff and other board members.

They accomplish their functions through regular meetings and by establishing a committee structure that is appropriate to the size of the organization and the board. Board members should arrive at meetings prepared and ready to engage in thoughtful dialogue through a group process. They annually review and approve the Institution's plans for funding its strategy; review and approve the Institution's five-year financial goals; annually review and approve the Chapter's budget and set and approve major policies.

Bylaws Statement of Duties for the Board
Within the policies and priorities established by the Delegate Assembly and the national Board of Directors, the Washington State Chapter Board of Directors is responsible to:

1. Develop programs reflective of Delegate Assembly priorities and association major objectives, including annual budgets supporting program implementation.

2. Establish and dissolve committees and task forces based on Chapter program and administrative needs.

3. Develop Chapter policy within the framework of NASW public, professional and organizational policies.

4. Create, restructure, review and determine the level of support for all local units of the Chapter within national standards.

5. Represent the Chapter in the community to maintain its relationship with other organizations.

6. Oversee Chapter finances, including the development of fiscal policies, adopt an annual budget, publish an annual financial report to the membership and obtain an annual audit.

7. Develop and implement membership recruitment and retention programs.

8. Provide a periodic evaluation and appraisal of operations relative to achieving association and chapter objectives.

9. Review the Chapter's organizational pattern after each Delegate Assembly to assure relevant structure.

10. Review and resolve intra-organizational issues and problems.

11. Review all materials sent by the Chapter office and attend all Board meetings and other business necessary to fulfill the chapter's purposes.