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Salmon Habitat Partnership
MANAGEMENT BOARD
Article I
Name: The name of the
organization shall be the Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat
Partnership.
Article II
Purpose: The Southwest
Alaska Salmon Habitat Partnership (Partnership) Management Board
provides oversight and policy guidance for the Partnership, a
coordinated effort among partners to conserve fish, wildlife and
habitat and their historic uses within Southwest Alaska. The
Management Board develops funding strategies, raises funds,
coordinates efforts among partners, assists land trusts and
non-profit land conservation organizations, recommends priorities
and standards for habitat conservation and provides public
information.
Article III
Membership: Membership on the
Management Board shall consist initially of one representative
from the Bristol Bay Native Association, Bristol Bay Native
Corporation, The Nushagak-Mulchatna/Wood-Tikchik Land Trust, The
Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited, and
Phillips Petroleum.
New Formal Partners are invited to
join the Management Board at the Board’s discretion.
There are four categories of
Partnership
partners:
Formal Partner: A Formal Partner is an
official member of the Management Board and provides a resource,
management and participatory (time) commitment to the Partnership.
A written request to participate as a Formal Partner is submitted
to the Chair for consideration by the Management Board.
Recognizing that a Formal Partner commitment is a voluntary
commitment, Formal Partners will commit to participate directly in
resource and management strategies, attend two management board
meetings a year, and participate in conference calls, temporary
working groups or other such responsibilities that might occur
during the course of each year for the furtherance of the
Partnership’s purpose. Only Formal Partners have the right to
vote. If a Board member misses two consecutive meetings, a letter
will be sent by the Chair to the organization inquiring as to
their interest in remaining on the Board. In the event three
consecutive meetings are missed, the Board member/organization
will be placed in inactive status until such time as the
organization recommits to participate.
Cooperator: A Cooperator is a person,
organization, or agency that wishes to work with the Partnership at
the local or regional level. A Cooperator may or may not have a
region-wide interest in the Partnership, but wants to participate as
an on-the-ground partner with the Partnership, working cooperatively
with Formal Partners on mutually compatible and beneficial
projects. A person, organization or agency can become a
Cooperator after expressing an interest and desire to participate
in the Partnership and subsequent approval by the Management Board.
Cooperators are welcome to sit in on Management Board and
Technical Committee meetings and are kept informed of upcoming
related events and activities.
Informal Partner: An Informal Partner
is a person, organization or local, state, regional or federal
agency representative who might wish to support or be supported by
the Partnership. An Informal Partner might work with the
Partnership
on specific policy issues, legislative directives, or technical
working groups without any formal contract being necessary for the
activities to proceed. Information would be cooperatively shared
between Informal Partners and the Partnership Management Board.
Informal Partners are kept informed of the Partnership activities
and are welcome to sit in on Management Board and Technical
Committee meetings.
Technical Partner: A Technical
Partner provides technical and scientific expertise to the
Management Board and may serve on the Technical Committee at the
Committee’s request.
Article IV
Officers The officers shall
be a Chair, a Vice-chair, and a Secretary/Treasurer. The Chair
and Vice-chair shall be elected by the Management Board to serve
for one-year. Elections shall take place during the first meeting
of each calendar year. The Chair will organize and conduct the
business meetings of the Management Board, appoint members to
standing and ad-hoc committees, review and approve expenditures
incurred. The Vice-chair shall preside in the absence of the
Chair.
The Board shall appoint a Coordinator
who shall serve as a facilitator of the Board in the furtherance
of the Partnership’s purpose and objectives. The Coordinator shall
record or make arrangements for proper recording of Management
Board Meeting minutes, distributing copies of the minutes to each
Board member at least two weeks prior to the next Board meeting,
shall maintain the membership rolls, serve as custodian of
Management Board records, collect meeting dues, maintain a
checking account for disbursement of petty cash, distribute
information relating to the Partnership activities, maintain and
report on the Partnership’s accomplishments, and such other duties
as the Management Board may assign.
Article V
Meetings: Two regular
meetings will be held annually and shall be of sufficient length
to ensure time for full discussion of relevant issues. Additional
meetings may be held at the discretion of the Management Board
Chair. Meetings shall be conducted under Roberts Rules of Order.
Article VI
Quorum: A quorum at any
meeting shall consist of a simple majority of the voting members.
Article VII
Committees: The Management
Board may appoint such committees, as it deems necessary to
accomplish its purpose and objectives. Each Committee will elect
its own Chair except as otherwise provided for in these bylaws.
The Management Board may appoint an interim chair until the
committee has an election.
Technical Committee: The
Technical Committee is the technical arm of the Partnership. The
Technical Committee is responsible for overall staff functions as
assigned by the Board. The Coordinator shall chair the Technical
Committee. The Technical Committee shall include at a minimum a
representative from the federal and state fish, wildlife and land
managing agencies including the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, Alaska Division of State Parks, Alaska Department of Natural
Resources, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and National Park Service, and the Formal Partner
non-profit habitat conservation organizations including The
Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy and the
Nushagak-Mulchatna/Wood Tikchik Land Trust unless such
organizations decline to participate. Any Board member may
nominate a technical representative from their organization to
participate on the committee. Additional members are invited at
the discretion of the Committee. The Technical Committee may
establish sub-committees at its discretion to meet its
commitments.
Finance Committee: The Board
shall establish a Financial Committee, the purpose of which shall
be developing and executing strategies to raise funds to fulfill
the Partnership’s purpose. The Secretary/Treasurer shall chair the
Finance Committee.
Article
VIII
Amendments: Amendments to
the Bylaws shall be by a simple majority vote of the voting
members present at a meeting provided that notice of the proposed
change is given to all voting members, not less than thirty (30)
days prior to the meeting.
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