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of Board discussions and resolutions before they are voted on so you have a voice in your club.
Wheaton College is not a partisan institution and the effect of our filing on any political process has played no part at all in
any of our board discussions on the issue.
He also said he was still the right person to head the company and added that he was unaware
of any board discussions about replacing him.
Mr. Bryan then coordinates with members of our senior management to establish the content and focus
of Board discussions.
Not exact matches
Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or
board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head
of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a
discussion in which all
board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.
A question posed on Y Combinator's
discussion board Hacker News called for a statement from the fund's co-founder Paul Graham and president Sam Altman (both
of whom have been vocal Trump critics) regarding future dealings with Thiel.
If you set expectations before a
board meeting and get financial information out before the
board meeting and understand any issues on the minds
of investors before the
board meeting your actual
discussion will be infinitely more productive.
These features, which included a way to take notes online, an instant - messaging client and a
discussion board, formed the core
of the company's software.
The short - term rental site has pledged that its next
board hire will be female, saying that it is already in «serious
discussions with a number
of incredible people.»
«The investigations, along with current
discussions among shareholders, possible changes in the
board of directors and management, will be a distraction,» Moody's said in a statement March 6, also highlighting the company's «weak credit metrics.»
There are quotations from a couple
of board members, but no
discussion of what hospital
boards do and whether they've been doing it well.
This argument landed me in one
of the world's largest atheist
discussion boards, the Internet Infidels Discuss
discussion boards, the Internet Infidels
DiscussionDiscussion Board.
Here, at the early stages
of discussion, he stressed, the
board spoke to only two prospective buyers — Silver Lake and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts — and KKR dropped out early.
As the issue
of drug - price gouging became part
of the political
discussion, the documents show that Turing's
board sought advice on how to control the damage and frame a decision to cut the price in some instances.
He says, «a small - or medium - sized business should actually go to their local
board of health or commissioner
of health and have these
discussions periodically as to what they should be looking for.»
Viacom's
board of directors has begun
discussions about setting up an independent special committee to explore a combination with CBS.
BRUSSELS - Participation by ECB
Board member Pentti Hakkarainen in a panel
discussion on «Risks
of International Fragmentation» at the 2018 European Bank Executive Committee Forum organised by BNP Paribas in Brussels, Belgium 1300 GMT.
This
discussion is an excerpt from a more detailed version published on Sue's blog, deckposts.net.The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those
of the companies on whose
boards I serve or my colleagues on those
boards.
Although he's no longer privy to management
discussions, as one
of Twitter's first, biggest and most involved investors, Sacca probably knows more about the company than anyone who's not a current executive or
board member.
In that case, because
of the inherent conflicts involved, all independent
Board members should have been apprised immediately and should have been involved before any sale
discussions began.
At J.Crew, CEO and Chairman Millard Drexler waited seven weeks to inform the
board of his
discussions to sell the company, exposing the often - overlooked issue that many corporate
boards do not enforce internal transparency.
After that, I'll schedule a
board call, review what I heard from each
of you, have an open
discussion and then I'll make a recommendation about what the management team thinks we should do.»
One reason is that some
boards do not fully understand the negative repercussions from not instituting a culture
of open
discussion.
The best way to approach this is to send out an e-mail after the
board meeting saying something like «After reflecting on our
discussion at the
board meeting about (topic X), I don't feel I clearly understand each
of your positions.
Fortune has learned that Redstone and his representatives (including Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, Sumner's longtime personal attorney) have been in
discussions with Shari, his one - time heir apparent, and her lawyers about reducing her influence in the affairs
of CBS and Viacom, where she sits on both
boards as non-executive vice chairman.
A PROPOSED policy paper for the operation
of Internet
discussion sites, including web - based bulletin
boards, has been released by the Australian Securities and Invest - ments Commission for public comment.
Message
boards, chat rooms,
discussion groups — even advertisers on legitimate websites — are all home to their fair share
of the stuff.
Finance and Economics
Discussion Series 2015 - 077, Federal Reserve
Board of Governors.
Even though the announcement indicated that this change in direction had yet to be reflected in any real actions other than a
discussion by the company
board of directors, NextGen's share price jumped 22 %.
The Audit Committee serves a
Board - level oversight role, in which it provides advice, counsel, and direction to management and to the auditors on the basis
of the information it receives,
discussions with management and the auditors, and the experience
of the Audit Committee's members in business, financial, and accounting matters.
The Committee considers all
of this information in developing its recommendations, which are then presented to the independent members
of the IBM
Board of Directors for further review,
discussion and final approval.
In addition to the awards Gala, this year's event will include the Meet the Innovators Forum, featuring presentations and panel
discussions with 2017 Edison Achievement Award Winners Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman
of the
Board and CEO
of General Electric, and Astro Teller, Captain
of Moonshots (CEO)
of X, as well as several
of the world's top innovators.
Ray Ferrara, the former chairman
of the Certified Financial Planner
Board of Standards who's chairman and CEO
of dually registered ProVise Management Group in Clearwater, Florida, noted on a panel
discussion at the event that he expects his firm to shell out «less than $ 10,000 in our hard costs» to comply with the fiduciary rule, but didn't anticipate «any significant ongoing [compliance] costs.»
More information on the nature
of the
discussion and considerations the
Board took into account will be published in the minutes
of the meeting, two weeks from yesterday.
«The transition
of information security to a business
discussion at the
board level highlights the market need for objective, evidence - based measures
of performance.
Following this review, the
Board of Directors
of the Company unanimously rejected the indication
of interest and determined that it provided no basis for further
discussion between Mondelēz and the Company.
Williams JC (1999), «Simple Rules for Monetary Policy»,
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, Finance and Economics
Discussion Series No 1999 - 12.
No conversation regarding a call for a new CEO can be complete without a
discussion of corporate
boards and their role as the primary, determinative actors in the selection process.
These
discussions included a review
of the reasonableness
of significant judgments, the quality, not just acceptability,
of the Company's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the audit committee by Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 61, as amended (Communications with Audit Committees), by the Auditing Standards
Board of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.
Similarly, each
Board committee chair leads a
discussion of the evaluation results for that committee.
Directors are required to bring their expertise, experience and leadership skills to all aspects
of their role including the
discussions held at
board meetings in order to make them personally effective and the business successful.
Fab's
board of directors has approved yet another new strategic plan for the e-commerce company that will include the purchase
of a European furniture company and the likely creation
of a new shopping site, several sources with knowledge
of the
discussions told Re / code.
Experienced directors will be only too aware that
discussion is the substance
of a strong and effective
board that underpins strategic decision making, which is key to driving a successful business.
Liberals will be introducing legislation in the fall to open up the secretive
discussions of the Commons»
Board of Internal Economy, which makes most decisions involving finance and administration
of MPs» offices.
In an unusual move, the National Transportation Safety
Board investigating the crash publicly said on Sunday that it was «unhappy» with Tesla's public
discussion of the accident.
Documentation, such as
board minutes, doesn't have to be long detailing the minutiae
of every
discussion, but it does need to be accurate, have clarity, support future understanding and provide a robust audit trail if ever required.
Discussion by a diverse group
of disparate
board members enables the leadership
of a business to consider multiple options then showcase a consistent message both internally and externally.
A special committee
of Nordstrom Inc.'s
board of directors has terminated
discussions with members
of the founding Nordstrom family who were trying to take the company private.
Marilyn Mohrman - Gillis, executive director
of the Certified Financial Planner
Board of Standards» Center for Financial Planning and head
of public policy, noted on a panel
discussion moderated by Borzi that DOL's fiduciary rule will «hopefully [be] the tip
of the iceberg to push other rules and regulations to protect investors.»
Plenary
discussion on strengthening diversity initiatives in the workplace and on
boards of directors.