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CACV Board Role Summary

Community Arts Council of Vancouver
Board of Directors Roles & Responsibilities

CACV’s Board of Directors has several key areas of responsibility:

  • Fiduciary responsibility – placing the interests of the society above their own individual interest.
  • Governance of the society including developing policies and processes as necessary
  • Strategic planning and working towards strategic objectives via committees
  • Charitable Giving /Fundraising
  • Advocacy for CACV and community arts
  • Board Development
  • Oversight of the operations and activities of the Society

Board members are elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting, and can also be elected by special resolution at any Board meeting.

Terms for Officers and Members-At-Large are 2 years.

A membership donation of $200.00 is required yearly from each board member, which includes free entrance to all programs and activities organized by the CACV.

Board Members volunteer at CACV events and represent CACV as ambassadors in Vancouver and beyond.

The CACV Board of Directors consists of up to 5 officers and 7 members-at-large (12 total.) There are 9 Board meetings annually (no meetings in July, August and December) where each committee reports on their progress on strategic and committee objectives. Board members are required to serve on at least one committee.

Current Committees:

Finance

Programing

Communications / Membership

Governance / Board Development / HR
Fundraising

Current Programs:

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival

Reframing Relations – Arts-based Reconciliation

Eco Arts – Public art and interactive events

Community Arts Fund – DTES collaborative projects

Artist In Residence – John Howard Society partnership

CACV Membership Services

Vision & Mission

Our vision is of a socially engaged, inclusive, and vibrant city alive with community arts.

Our mission is to further the development of community arts throughout Vancouver.

Core Values

To fulfill its mission of Creating Community Through the Arts the Council incorporates the following values:

Accountability: To be transparent and responsive.

Contribution: To create opportunities for everyone to contribute and to learn.

Community: To encourage active participation and collaboration in community life.

Diversity: To be open and inclusive.

Creativity: To support the role of the artist in bringing out the creativity and the artist in everyone.

Meaning: To bring to light the beauty of people and their communities, the issues of social justice that challenge people and communities, and the opportunities for healing within our communities.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018

President: Valerie Smaller

Vice-President: Shelley Freedman

Secretary: Denise Cooper

Treasurer: James Carter

Past President: Pierre Leichner

Member-at-Large: Jessica Numminen

Member-at-Large: Stephen Lytton

Member-at-Large: Kelsey Sparrow

Member-at-Large: Helen Duckworth

Member-at-Large: Brittany Downey-MacDonald

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – OFFICER ROLES

President: Leads the Board of Directors. Chairs Board meetings. Chairs the Governance / Board Development / HR committee.  Leads hiring and oversight of Executive Director. Works with Executive Director on advancing mission and achieving strategic objectives.

Vice-President: Prepared to function in the role of President when necessary, to lead meetings or oversee committees. May take on special assignments and work with the E.D.

Treasurer: Leads finance committee. Maintains financial records of the Society. Works with Executive Director to create and present summaries of operating budget and financial reports. Reviews financial statements and Charitable filings.

Secretary: Maintains Board documents including minutes of meetings, committee meetings, and reports.

Past President: Honorary post for past Presidents of the Society. May take on special assignments.

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