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Role of the Board
“The board, on behalf of the people of Ontario,
as represented by the Minister with jurisdiction for
public libraries, will govern Southern Ontario Library
Service with a strategic perspective through a continually improved
capability to express values and vision.” Interested candidates should
be big picture thinkers who are forward thinking and open-minded, aware
of library issues, focused on improving library service, tolerant of
different styles and self-disciplined. SOLS’ board operates under the
Policy Governance® Model developed by John Carver.
Board Job Description
The job of the board is to represent its ownership in determining and
demanding appropriate organizational performance. To distinguish the
board's own unique job from the jobs of its staff, the board will
concentrate its efforts on the following job "products" or outputs:
- The link between the organization and its ownership.
- Written governing policies which, at the broadest levels,
address:
- Ends: Organizational products, impacts, benefits,
outcomes, recipients, and their relative worth (what good for which
needs at what cost).
- Executive Limitations: Constraints on executive authority
which establish the prudence and ethics boundaries within which all
executive activity and decisions must take place.
- Governance Process: Specification of how the board
conceives, carries out and monitors its own task.
- Board-CEO Relationship: How power is delegated and its
proper use monitored; the CEO role authority and accountability.
- The assurance of CEO performance (against policies in 2A and
2B).
- The assurance of funding through:
- advocating for optimal funding from the provincial government;
- pursuing a variety of funding and resource development
activities that support SOLS’ End priorities.
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