Board Liaison for the Y
Built for member associations of the National Council of YMCAs. It maps to how a Y is actually governed: an association (corporate) board with a chief volunteer officer and chair-elect, branch advisory boards and Branch Boards of Managers underneath it, and standing committees such as Governance and Nominating, Audit and Compliance, and Financial Development. Association Office and each branch see exactly what they should, and nothing they shouldn’t.
It runs the whole board year in one place: the board packet, the Annual Meeting and executive sessions, 100% board participation in the Annual Support Campaign, conflict-of-interest tracking that supports your child-safety documentation, and the certifications and filings a member association keeps current.
Written in the Y’s vocabulary and grounded in the National Council’s guidance. General information — confirm specifics against your own bylaws and current Y-USA guidance.
What a YMCA board of directors is actually responsible for, how an association board differs from a branch advisory board, what Y-USA requires of member associations, and whether YMCA board members are paid.
13 min readWhat a YMCA association board should be doing in each month of a calendar fiscal year: budget season, the Annual Campaign, the Annual Meeting, annual certifications, audit, CEO evaluation, and branch board coordination.