Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has 13 members. Included are the Directors of each of the seven houses, five Board Representatives (one each from Taos, Pearl, Laurel House, Halstead, and 21st Street - Opsis, because it is small, has no Board Rep), and two Community Board Representatives.

Responsibilities

• Plan for the future and development of CH.
• Consider any and all concerns or operational difficulties that may arise.
• Submit reports of its activities, plans, and general concerns to the membership.
• Hold title to all real property of CH.
• Pay all mortgages, contracts, fees, taxes and insurance of CH.

Powers

• Review by-laws and Standing Rules to ensure currency.
• Review/enact proposals to make the organization more effective.
• Determine services and responsibilities within the organization.
  
• Ensure proper and legal operation of the houses and corporation.

Planning

• Review the business plan, as well as short and long term goals and objectives.
• Publishing an annual calendar, by May 31, for the coming fiscal year.
• Scheduling general membership meetings in late fall and spring.

Board Manual

The General Administrator (GA) will maintain a board member's manual that will include duties and processes of the board, of the membership, and of the staff. It will also include the business plan and house officer job descriptions.

Board Meetings

Meetings shall be held approximately every two weeks during the time UT undergraduate classes and finals are in progress.

The Board of Directors is the governing body of the organization. It has final legal and fiduciary authority and responsibility for all actions of the corporation. Subject to the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation, it decides how College Houses is run.

Primary responsibility for many of the duties of the board is delegated by the board to committees, the houses, and staff. Although the board may delegate its authority, it may not delegate its responsibility. The board sets the context for the exercise of the delegated power, including establishing the method by which the people who exercise that delegated power are chosen and evaluated. The Board also establishes the relationships between the different groups within the co-op to whom it delegates power.

Normally each group is expected to discharge its responsiblities without detailed directions on how to do so; however, the board retains the power to review and override policies set by component groups. The general concept is that the board sets broad policy and guidelines and the component groups decide how to operate within those guidelines.

The board makes the final decisions on budget issues, and distributes central funds among the component parts of the corporation for them to use in fulfilling their responsibilites.

College Houses board minutes available on our blog