Sentences with phrase «as board members because»

When we select nominal Christians as board members because of their clout over faithful disciples of Jesus we boldly declare our love of money and power.

And a crowning indignity was listening to a group of men from work talk about porn stars, sex shows, the Playboy mansion, and sexual - partner preferences — and then hearing them discount a talented woman CEO by saying she was only valuable as a board member because she was «hot.»

Not exact matches

This is because very little is ever formally voted on so if they have the same amount of floor time they might as well be board members.

The change to «employee owned» would require the CEO and board members as fiduciaries, now would have the duty and the opportunity to promote good corporate governance to protect the assets under their care, and because the corporation is at least 51 % employee owned the focus would be not just the bottom line.

One by one, executives, board members, investors and even close friends slowly fell away as Uber became embroiled in a seemingly ceaseless series of legal and ethical scandals, according to interviews with more than a dozen Uber insiders, former employees, investors and others, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

We believe Mr. Klausmeyer is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his financial, accounting, and operational expertise from his prior experience as an executive and director for public and private technology companies.

«It's important to look at the types of jobs that are being created because those jobs will directly affect the fortunes and challenges of households and neighborhoods as well as the course of the recovery,» Sarah Bloom Raskin, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, said in a recent speech.

Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade, says his organization signed on as a founding member because of the urgent need to alleviate congestion across the region.

Pershing Square is not legally able to start selling its stock until at least Tuesday, when Penney is scheduled to report its second - quarter results, because Ackman was privy to confidential financial information as a board member.

The interviews with family firms revealed that, this is because they believe that a family member, as a representative of the controlling entity, is best positioned to guide the board in its strategic decision making.

Because the National Energy Board reports to Parliament and its members via the Ministry of Natural Resources, which in turn acts as an advocate for resource development within the federal government.

If say the Arsenal board member who said Arsenal identified a striker they wanted to buy but the club wants a replacement first, one hopes that striker was Baryen's Lewandoski and that Abumayang wants to go to Bayern, otherwise the Abumayang transfer will have no impact on Arsenal getting a striker because Benzema is just as good as Giroud.

, EVER!!!! because they are no longer run as sporting clubs they are run as businesses that pay excellent diveidends to thier board members and major shareholders.

In which world is this possible because I can't fathom any, but any business enterprise (as Kroenke like to have it) where the board is not able to fire any other member of the board let alone an employee.

She has been a very active member of Autism Speaks because of her son, and serves as a LA Lupus Board Member because of her own battle with member of Autism Speaks because of her son, and serves as a LA Lupus Board Member because of her own battle with Member because of her own battle with Lupus.

«I am delighted to support the permanency tile campaign as a founding member because creating safe, loving and permanent homes for children continues to be Five Acres» priority,» said Ryan Dietz, former Five Acres board chair.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

Baird was rejected by the ethics board because she worked on board member John Frolish's campaign and served as an election commissioner at polling places for the candidate.

• Victor Owusu, as AG in the 2nd Republic, got 28 lecturers, all of whom were board members of the Legon Observer newspaper, jailed because their newspaper was deemed to be critical of government.

But former Lockport IDA Board Member Duncan Carlson remembers the Yahoo project as «the best we've ever done — because of the good - paying jobs.»

[234][235][236] That same month he came under criticism from sectors of the left for urging RMT members to cross picket lines in a proposed Underground strike because the latest offer had been «extremely generous», leading RMT general secretary Bob Crow to step down as a TfL board member.

She was particularly surprised, she said, because the group hosted its annual fall gala in New York City two months ago, where it honored original board members (like herself) as well as the governor.

The Special Adviser on Political Matters to a leading National Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, Uthman Shodipe - Dosunmu, has denied the rumour making the rounds that his principal has been removed as a member of Board of Trustees of PDP because of his bid to contest the party's national chairmanship election at the convention, coming up on December 9.

It is because members of Congress are prohibited from earning outside income above 15 percent of their yearly Congressional salaries, and from serving as officers or board members for compensation.

«Why doesn't he just retire — you know, resign — because apparently he has some issues with educated black people and it is completely in contrast to what your role is as school board member.

Recently chosen as a member of the town's Democratic Committee, he had to quit the ethics board because the town's ethics code prohibits him from serving on both bodies.

He said he was stripped of his post as «political payback» because he supported Town Board member Robert Creighton in a losing GOP primary against Town Supervisor Patrick Vecchio.

The town board — minus one of its five members --- made this decision and others at their meeting March 29, because one member, Mike Eddy walked out in protest as he has at most other town meetings this year.

THURMAN — A fifth town board member was named at the panel's February board meeting to fill a vacancy occurring due to a resignation — yet the board continued to operate at less than full capacity, because councilman Mike Eddy had walked out minutes earlier, protesting the board's legitimacy, as he did one month prior.

The issue became the subject of debate among Town Board members last month, as Mr. Walter said he felt the town should back Islip / McArthur Airport as the site of the new facility, because it would be bad for all of Long Island if that airport, which has struggled financially of late, were to close.

«I also believe that he (Tinubu), Buhari and leading members of the party must all rush back to the drawing board because rightly or wrongly, their making Buhari as the presidential candidate and his arrogance and megalomania may in fact, sooner than later, destroy the party.

As one former school - board member from a large urban district noted, «Too often school boards and superintendents complain that they can not do something because of the teachers union contract.

I have served for years as a member of GLEF's National Advisory Board (as a labor of love; advisory board members are unpaid) because I believe in the value of this enterpBoard (as a labor of love; advisory board members are unpaid) because I believe in the value of this enterpboard members are unpaid) because I believe in the value of this enterprise.

Douglas County's program is unique because board members designed it as a district initiative, rather than working with state lawmakers to draft a bill.

As a Board of Education staff member, Bruce appreciated and advocated for school support staff, teachers and principals because of their inspiring leadership and the invaluable work they provide everyday.

... The way I see the investment from [Eli] Broad and other philanthropists is there are people who very unselfishly want to give a lot of money to improve schools in LA, and it would be my job as a board member to get them to give money to the district and ensure that we are going to use it, or use it with partnerships to create high - performing schools, and if I am a board member and they just want to give it to charter schools because the district has just become so intractable to outside investors and partners, then that is on me and that is on us.

That's a big issue because charters are often established by a group of teachers that later serve as board members.

You are the elected — oh, wait — perhaps you are an appointed member of the Hartford Board of Education (I am opposed to appointed boards because of how they disenfranchise voters and parents); indeed, I believe you are the chair; your personal views as expressed here may not guide your policies and your voting, but they do seem consistent with your letters to the Courant and your statements at the BoE meetings.

Dan Rossmiller, a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, said his members generally oppose such programs because they send public money to private organizations and companies, and see the proposal as expanding the voucher system.

One local school board member has banned me from commenting on his «public figure» Facebook page (which I see as a free speech violation), both because I questioned his denial of SGPs and some other conflicts of interests I saw, although indirectly related to this particular case.

The two schools have raised the ire of some school board members because they use what is known as an outside «SEPLA» — short for Special Education Local Planning Area — instead of contracting with LAUSD for special services.

However, because standardized testing is a matter of public concern, a local speaking as a union, or an individual member speaking as a parent or citizen, about educational concerns over standardized testing, for instance, in a letter to the editor or in a statement to the Board of Education, is protected by the U.S. Constitution at least so long as they are not encouraging other parents or students to opt out from a test.»

«SYNC puts Ford in a sweet spot in terms of vehicle connectivity because it allows us to take the cockpit of a vehicle and open it up to our customers» personal devices, especially the mobile phone — which is considered by many as an extension of oneself,» said Joseph Berry, a member of Ford's newly formed Consumer Service Organization and a lead architect of the company's emerging off - board services system.

Jan Castle, also a Board Member for the Lake Oswego Sustainability Network noted that «I do emergency preparedness organizing in conjunction with the city of Lake Oswego, and I can see that an electric car would be useable after an earthquake as soon as the roads are cleared, whereas the wait will be interminable for gasoline, because it all comes through one pipe from Anacortes and will take months or years to rebuild.

«We need as soon as possible an agreement that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions because the climate reacts slowly and what we fail to do now will have a bearing for decades to come,» said management board member Torsten Jeworrek.

[5] ALEC listed the company as part of its Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force until it allegedly terminated its membership on January 14, 2013 because its «merged with Duke; new contacts» (Duke remained an ALEC member), according to an August 2013 board document obtained by The Guardian.

To keep it somewhat in the realm of what's talked about on this board, it'd be like a member of the Team claiming that Climategate was meaningless because the sheets [as printed] were (on average) just a lite shade of grey and we didn't need to consider the designs consisting of words as important since it's the bulk printing which is important.

Because of this, I have been a soccer coach and have been actively involved as a volunteer member of the board of directors with several exceptional non-profit organizations over the years including:

«For administrative and labour law in Canada, it's a major decision because it is now clear that the workers can examine the members of decision - making authority, such as an administrative board, executive council or in our case, a council of commissioners about the motives leading to any disciplinary sanction,» she says.

That's because the other area in which Groia spends a lot of time is as a bencher of the law society, in other words, a member of its board of directors.