{"id":3540,"date":"2020-12-12T16:06:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T16:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:43:28","slug":"ka-board-chair-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/ka-board-chair-description\/","title":{"rendered":"KA Board &#038; Chair Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Introduction<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This page and others under the KA pulldown menu are archives of previous years of the Kidlink Association when it was guided by a formal Executive board team. Contents are shared here for historical\/informational purposes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">The KA board members are all volunteers who pay KA fee and have mainly\u00a0 been elected at the Annual Meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">As our activities are mainly focused on school dialogue, we prioritize election of\u00a0 board members who have experiences of school work. So we nominate to become board members:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">teachers and\/or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">are <strong>school<\/strong> project managers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">&#8220;The activities of this association shall be managed by a Board of Directors&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><i>(art. 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/<\/a> )\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Here on this page, you find a description of what the Board members (ordinary and deputy) do to manage\u00a0 the Kidlink Association activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>The Kidlink Association Board is elected during our yearly Annual meeting.<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The volunteer Board members are elected at the Association Annual Meeting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">We have published the Board lists for<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2018\/\">2018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2019\/\">2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2020\/\">2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2021\/\">2021<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2022\/\">2022<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2023\/\">2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka-board-2024\/\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Index<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#members\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">KA board members<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#meetings\">Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#responsibilites\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">RESPONSIBILITIES<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#ordinary\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ordinary member <\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#chairman\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Chairman<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#treasurer\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Treasurer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#secretary\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Secretary<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#executive\">Executive board group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#deputy\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Deputy board members<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#procedures\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Meeting procedures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#annual\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Annual meeting chairs<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairman<\/li>\n<li>Secretary<\/li>\n<li>Vote counter<\/li>\n<li>Minutes verifier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#managers\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Project managers<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"members\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">KA board members<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">&#8220;The activities of this association shall be managed by a Board of Directors&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><i>(art. 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/<\/a> )\u00a0 says also that<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Members of the board are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">eight ordinary members <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">and\u00a0six (6)\u00a0deputy members.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the ordinary members there is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">one (1) chairman,<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">one (1) deputy chairman, <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">one (1) treasurer,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and five (5) at large members.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To become a board members<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">All Board members must be members of the Association<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a id=\"meetings\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">MEETINGS<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The ordinary board meeting<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The board has about six (6) meetings every year starting the second weekend of the month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The board meetings are 1 week long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The chairman or deputy chairman sends a &#8220;Call to order&#8221;\u00a0 mail on a Saturday evening (USA time). In the mail there is a link to the meeting agenda shared and information about start and the ending of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>6 day long asynchronous meeting<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">in a Google doc document where the Board members add answers to questions from the Chairperson in chat boxes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>synchronous meeting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The meeting ends on the second Sunday in a Zoom or in the Whatsapp &#8220;Board group&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><br \/>\n<a id=\"responsibilities\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Board members\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">he main goal for the board members is to achieve the goals in the plan approved by the board meeting. The board members&#8217; responsibilities are described in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/aofa-2021\/#art14\">AofA<\/a>\u00a0art 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">All board members must pay KA fee every year as only KA members can be elected as Board members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We can not afford to have vacant board chairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"ordinary\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Ordinary members responsabilities<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><i><strong>&#8220;Ordinary board members participate at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> board meetings<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><i><strong>and inform the chairman in case of a vacancy.&#8221; <\/strong><br \/>\n(art. 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/<\/a> )<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">We elect ordinary board members among those deputy members who have been helpful the previous year for the board among others taking vacant chairs several times.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">We do not recommend ordinary members to manage Kidlink projects as ordinary board chairs requires time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Ordinary board members attend<strong> all the board meetings.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">if an ordinary member does not attend a Board meeting, the member informs the chairman before or at the call to order, so he\/she can find a deputy to take that chair<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">They take the secretary chair once a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Help out creating the Annual meeting documents (Annual report and\/or\u00a0 plan, annual meeting pages in www.kidlink.net)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Help updating the Kidlink project main pages.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<a id=\"chairman\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">ChairPERSON<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The deputy chairperson is a member of<a href=\"#executive\"> the executive board group<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The role of a chairperson is well described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bupa.com\/corporate\/who-we-are\/corporate-governance\/roles-of-the-chairman-and-ceo\">https:\/\/www.bupa.com\/corporate\/who-we-are\/corporate-governance\/roles-of-the-chairman-and-ceo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Here is a list of what the Kidlink chairperson does:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">The Chairperson signs together with the treasurer for the Association responsible for Kidlink Association contacts with authorities and banc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Collaboration<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Report to\u00a0 the KA members about activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">collaborates with the elected KA Board deputy chairman and treasurer on a regular basis in a so-called Executive team whatsapp group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Is in contact with vacant board members and nominates deputy members taking vacant chairs..<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">must ensure that the Annual Plan chosen by the KA members, is followed and that the AofA (Articles of Association) are respected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Board meetings<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prepares, starts, and leads the Kidlink Association (KA) Board meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Delegates development of docs like e.g. Annual Report and plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Finds\u00a0<a href=\"#deputy\">Deputy member<\/a> who can take over a vacant chair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Minutes<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Sends approved KA Board meeting minutes to the KA members.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Annual meetings (AM)<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Gets the Auditor Financial revision from the treasurer and links to the doc in the AM page<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">prepare the revision<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Sends the AM notice 31\/12 and starts the Annual meetings February 1, starts the AM and the election of AM chairman, secretary, vote counter and AM Minutes verifier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">AM docs linked in www.kidlink.net menu<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Creating a Board member proposal page for the AM<br \/>\n(to be linked in the KA Board submenu)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Creating a new Annual meeting document with updated links<br \/>\n(to be linked in the KA Annual submenu)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Check that all AM chairs (AM chairman, secretary, vote counter, and minutes verifier are nominated (Board meeting January.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Sends\u00a0 AM call to order and start election of <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">AM chairman, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">AM secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Kidlink information<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">With the help of the Executive Board and Project managers, checks and updates information about Kidlink Association and the Kidlink Project in:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">www.kidlink.net<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Project center<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">To check info at each Board meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Menu<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">check that the menu has working links to important docs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">www.kidlink.org<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Facebook main groups<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<a id=\"chairman\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">DEPUTY ChairPERSON<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The deputy chairperson is a member of<a href=\"#executive\"> the executive board group<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a id=\"treasurer\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Treasurer<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Takes care of contacts with authorities and the KA banc\u00a0 and Paypal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Accounting<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Checks banc and Paypal account balances\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">and update the accounting book<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Paypal<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">checks that the Paypal buttons on\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/fees-payment\/\">http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/fees-payment\/\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0are updated and working.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Collaboration<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Is in contact with the banc<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Collaborates with the auditor in developing Financial reports for AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shares link to the Auditor Financial revision with the KA Board chairman before AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"secretary\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Secretary<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">According to AofA, Each board member should accept to volunteer as a KA board meeting secretary once a year. Board members can choose when to take this chair in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/11dqDGtVRWRKq0Tdv0qjhp0a4tIiNt_i8QItWEkzWZX4\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the KA Board meeting log document<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0Is elected at each KA board meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Write the Board meeting Minutes in collaboration with the Chairman.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"executive\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">EXECUTIVE BOARD GROUP<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The executive board is a support group to help chairperson and deputy chairperson to prepare board and annual meetings among others<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>contact with board and KA members<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>he board meeting<\/strong> documents<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">asynchronous Google doc agenda.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>the Annual meeting<\/strong>\u00a0 with its<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>www.kidlink.net documents\n<ul>\n<li>Annual meeting page<\/li>\n<li>Annual report<\/li>\n<li>Annual plan<\/li>\n<li>Board proposal (nominations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"deputy\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Deputy board members responsibilities<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Deputy members are an important support for the Kidlink association board and therefore for the Kidlink project. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Choosing to become a deputy board members, <strong>you show interest to become an ordinary board member<\/strong> after the first year as deputy\u00a0 in the board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Good participation as deputy, qualifies for a nomination as an ordinary member after a first year as deputy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(We elect ordinary board members among those deputy members who have been helpful for the board.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><br \/>\nDeputy members <strong>do not need to participate in all Board meetings but<br \/>\nthey must know that they must at least once a year\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230; take the chair of a vacant ordinary board member at board meetings when a chair is vacant and the chairman requests.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>(art. 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/ka\/aofa\/<\/a> )<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">They should also attend the synchronous meetings on weekends and read the emails sent from the Board chairperson.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As a deputy member, you have therefore time to also run Kidlink projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By becoming a deputy board member, you will learn how the Kidlink Project is managed. You will become a consultant that the Board will listen to.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">You will also learn what it means to be an ordinary board member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As an experienced and active deputy member, you can become an ordinary member when an ordinary member leaves the board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Here is a list of what a Deputy board member does:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Become member <\/span>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">of Board groups (WA) <\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">and forum<br \/>\n( private http:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ka.board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ka.board\u00a0<\/a> )<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate in synchronous board meetings \/WA group and Zoom)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contributes when possible<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with proposals and share thoughts.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitors and eventually reply board messages and emails.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMPORTANT ! <strong>likes<\/strong> and <strong>views<\/strong> in FB are not part of a good clear participation)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Optional: As fits your needs, you might even run a project!<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Deputy board members take the chair of a vacant ordinary board member at board meetings when an ordinary chair is vacant and chairman requests.&#8221;<br \/>\n(AofA \u00a0Article 14\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/aofa-2021\/\">www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/aofa-2021\/\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0)<br \/>\nComment: We never oblige you to take a vacant chair. You are free to accept or not. Butr plan to attend at least one time<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a id=\"annual\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Annual meeting chairs<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chairperson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Secretary<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">t<em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">he secretary shares the ongoing Minute during the meeting with the Minute verifier.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">And with the KA member when the Minutes have been verified.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Vote counter<br \/>\nA separate vote counter is elected for private elections\/secret ballots (board member elections)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">.The vote counter receives and checks vote mails and updates the AM vote log in www.kidlink.net.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Minute verifier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><a id=\"procedures\"><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Meeting procedures<\/b><\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">We do our best to follow Roberts rules of order. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardeffect.com\/blog\/roberts-rules-of-order-cheat-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.boardeffect.com\/blog\/roberts-rules-of-order-cheat-sheet\/\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">We have about eight meetings every year, starting on Sunday, the first weekend of the month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">All meetings have two parts, one: asynchronous and one synchronous.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Asynchronous<\/strong>: We usually start our meeting with this. You write your thoughts in a Google drive meeting document in the green comment boxes. You can do it asap or when you find time e.g on weekend or after work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Synchronous:<\/strong>\u00a0We usually end our meeting with this. These are run in-person online using either Skype, Zoom, or Google Meet.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting times are sent out in GMT format.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"managers\"><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Project managers<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Project managers are also volunteers. Some project managers are also members of the Board and some are deputy board members.<br \/>\nThey have to follow the project manager checklist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AeOrk7Yno78WP090Cxev9PtQ-G2sDtefVqXgJy-HPG8\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AeOrk7Yno78WP090Cxev9PtQ-G2sDtefVqXgJy-HPG8\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction This page and others under the KA pulldown menu are archives of previous years of the Kidlink Association when it was guided by a formal Executive board team. Contents are shared here for historical\/informational purposes. 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