The Work of the Board and Its Members

You’ve joined the board of a land trust — wonderful! What’s next? In this webinar, you’ll take a look under the hood to learn what land trusts do, how they do it and how you fit in.

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 3B. Board Composition and Structure, includes five elements. This module addresses Practice 3B1: Have a board of sufficient size, skills, backgrounds and experiences to conduct its work effectively

This includes two sample self-evaluation forms for board members from the publication Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity by Marc Smiley.

This is a Board Responsibility excerpt from the accredited West Virginia Land Trust's board manual.

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 3B: Board Composition and Structure, includes five elements. This 15-minute module covers the third element:

3. Have a board development process that includes procedures for recruiting and training board members

This guidance covers Practice 3A: Board Responsibility.

Preparing for meetings, making decisions and holding executive sessions

This guidance covers Practice 3C: Board Governance.

This is a template for assessing a potential board member's skills and knowledge, contacts and influence, values/organizational styles, and demographics from the Land Trust Alliance.

This is an operations manual from the accredited Leelanau Conservancy.