Working with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender communities of Auckland - Aotearoa - New Zealand
Patron: The Hon. Judith Tizard MP.

Board Member job description

As a charitable Trust, the Auckland PRIDE organisation requires a Board of Trustees to make it work. Under the current constitution there must be a minimum of four trustees and a maximum of nine. Basically the more Board members there are the less each has to do.

They are responsible for the property and assets of the PRIDE Centre; for the spending and investing of money, and for the completing of any procedures connected with this area, ie Tax, GST, PAYE, etc...although they can farm out the work to others, inside or outside the organisation, ultimately it is the Board’s responsibility to see that these legal requirements are met.

The Board is the employer of the co-ordinator and any other staff, including the volunteers, the rights of all these people must be looked after. The Board is as liable as any other employer under the government regulations and laws.

In theory the PRIDE Board should only have to meet once every three months, but this is only if the following committees exist and are working.

Each PRIDE Board member should be on one of the four committees: Finance, Management, Media, and Events.
Each of these committees would be chaired by a board member and would probably include people who are not PRIDE Board members (again; the more members there are the less work each individual would be required to do; it is important to ensure that the work doesn’t end up being done by one person).
Each committee would meet every four to six weeks.

By becoming a Board member, you make a commitment to further the aims of Auckland PRIDE;
This means understanding the aims of Auckland PRIDE as set out in the constitution. Your most obvious responsibility is to turn up to board and committee meetings to make decisions.

If meetings cannot be held because a quorum cannot be obtained, decision-making is deferred. In terms of time-management this can have disastrous results. The co-ordinator may, for instance, be able to allocate time at a quiet part of the year for a given project but not later in the year when something like Coming Out Day must have top priority. Either things are not done at all or squeezed in between other things. The end result will be that the volunteers, staff and co-ordinator end up resentful and overworked. And Auckland PRIDE doesn’t look good.

The second responsibility is to help with as many Auckland PRIDE events as is feasible, either on the day or in the period of preparation leading up to each event.

There are three important periods in the course of each year;

• The most important is Coming OUT Day, Auckland PRIDE’s premier event in October/November.
• The second important event is HERO in February when we must enter a float in the HERO parade.
• The third major event is the Mid-winter festival in June/July.

As a Board member your presence on these three days is more or less obligatory.

During the rest of the year there are several events when your presence would be appreciated; such as the various Art exhibition openings and the social get-togethers arranged to thank the volunteers.
These events are not just a duty but can be part of your payoff for being a PRIDE Board member, the more successful PRIDE and its events are the better it is for us all. A lot of networking (both for the benefit of PRIDE and for you personally) can be achieved at functions held by PRIDE and other organisations; Auckland PRIDE actually needs you to have fun at these functions and events.

Co-ordinator job description

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