Sentences with phrase «public be on board»

Also in this issue, synthetic biologists are making DNA from scratch to feed the world and power the planet — but will the public be on board?

The public is on board as well, with 64 % of tickets following the sharps on the «over».

Today, the science is settled, the need for action is clear, the solutions are taking off, the public is on board, and we finally have an international framework for action with near - universal support.

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On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to pass a resolution opposing that bill, claiming it would be a detriment to public safety.

Women's under - representation on boards and in top management positions has long been the subject of academic study and, more recently, public policy.

After hours of public comment, a Northern California water agency is delaying a vote on whether to support Gov.. The Santa Clara Valley Water District board will vote at a special meeting May 8.

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

About 800 directors attend the NACD annual conference, but there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of directors on public, private and nonprofit boards within the U.S. alone.

The findings of the investigation headed by former Attorney General Eric Holder will be made public, board member Arianna Huffington said in a call with reporters on Thursday afternoon.

Ad people like to believe that they create the public's tastes and moods (when they're not «disrupting» them), but it's usually more a matter of paddling around on their intellectual surf boards, searching for a cultural wave they can profitably ride to the beach.

Public companies often have boards composed of serial entrepreneurs or prominent industry figures who offer their insights, and it was probably this step that prompted Facebook executives to take the direct, head - on approach.

Princess Reema bint Bandar al - Saud is on Uber's public policy advisory board, and according to the New York Times worked with Uber to bring the service to Saudi Arabia.

Logan had served on a transit board and knew public transportation in cities was broken.

On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that after a series of public disclosures by Tesla it had taken the unusual step of revoking Tesla's status as a formal party to its investigation of a March 23 crash in California that killed a driver who was using Autopilot.

Attached to the letter was a list of practices they called «common sense corporate governance principles» that amounted to a basic outline of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or live by, or both, including issues of who sits on the board, the kinds of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption of proxy access.

«CEO pay keeps soaring, luxe stock option, pension and bonus packages remain the gold standard for CEOs, and despite public outrage, neither corporate boards nor shareholders are stepping in to put a lid on things.»

She is also an experienced public and private corporate board director and has served on the boards of Darden Restaurants, Publix Supermarkets, Laidlaw International and various non-profit organizations in Miami.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

RP: The big thing is the high visibility of directors and public focus on the role of corporate boards.

Phyllis was also vice chairman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's advisory board on information security and privacy, and she served for eight years as national chairman of the board of directors of the FBI's public - private InfraGard program.

ECB executive board member Benoit Coeure said the bank was working hard to prevent public expectations about inflation from becoming entrenched «on either side» — neither too high nor too low.

But formalized corporate governance is designed to be executed by boards, investors, and government on behalf of the public good, and the active efforts of all three are required.

Those close to the process said that Thiel — who is on the Facebook board with Sandberg — and others helping Trump reach out to the tech community had a hard time convincing them to attend, largely due to his persistent public hostility to one of the U.S. economy's few bright and innovative arenas.

One thing she hasn't done, though, is sit on a public company's board of directors.

Last year, Ontario imposed a contract on public - school teachers that eliminated bankable sick days, while back in June, Treasury Board president Tony Clement vowed to fight federal employee absenteeism, which he said was costing taxpayers millions.

Then one of Cline's board members — a venture capitalist who also ran a SPAC — told him about CEA Acquisition, a public shell company based in Tampa that was trading on the OTC Bulletin Bboard members — a venture capitalist who also ran a SPAC — told him about CEA Acquisition, a public shell company based in Tampa that was trading on the OTC Bulletin BoardBoard.

Provinces do not have to approve energy pipelines in order for them to be granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the National Energy Board, but the process will be much smoother for the proponent if the respective provinces are on side.

He is also part of the Management Board of the Advanced Energy Centre, a public - private partnership that was co-founded and is hosted by MaRS Cleantech with a focus on innovative domestic energy programs and strengthening international relationships to drive exports, and a member of the Ontario Smart Grid Forum.

He is a partner of ValueAct Capital, a governance - oriented investment fund that invests in a concentrated portfolio of public companies and works actively with executives and boards of directors on issues of strategy, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and talent management.

Mr. Shea is well qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in public and private company governance and private equity, including his service on numerous corporate boards and on audit and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

The Audit Committee has met with the internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplempublic accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplemPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplemented.

Mr. Meresman was selected to serve as a director on our board of directors due to his background as chair of the audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience as chief financial officer of two publicly traded corporations.

The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.

During the last five years, Mr. Meresman has been serving on the boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service as chair of the audit committee for some of these companies.

If you vote by proxy card or voting instruction card and sign the card without giving specific instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board (FOR all of HP's nominees to the Board, FOR ratification of the appointment of HP's independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the approval of the compensation of HP's named executive officers, FOR the approval of an annual advisory vote on executive compensation, FOR the Hewlett - Packard Company 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and FOR the approval of an amendment to the Hewlett - Packard Company 2005 Pay - for - Results Plan to extend the term of the plan).

A board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.

Conrad served on the board of the Social Investment Forum (SIF), and was chair of the steering committee for its Advocacy and Public Policy Program.

It wasn't the ideal way to start out as a public company, but it was a clear reminder how much board compensation remains a hot issue, especially with say - on - pay voting continuing to spread.

Now they are trying to fool us again with a proposed amendment on public school board term limits and duties.

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.

Has served for the past dozen years on the board of the KIPP Academy charter school in the South Bronx, which is part of a national network of 200 college prep public charter schools in low - income communities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

To run DOI's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, one of two agencies that regulates offshore drilling, Zinke chose Scott Angelle, a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission who served on the board of directors of (and was paid $ 989,238 by) oil pipeline operator Sunoco Logistics.

Over the past two years, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (the «GVBOT») has been a leading voice in the public conversation on ride - hailing.

He serves on the Greater Hartford YMCA Board of Directors and The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Board of Ambassadors, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Hartford Stage Theatre.

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.

Giving three extra seats on the board to the CEO was certainly founder friendly; that the expansion happened at the same time Uber accepted a $ 3.5 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which came with a board seat, suggests Benchmark viewed the board expansion as a way to protect its own interests and influence as well.

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.»

After hearing evidence and considering submissions for 180 days, the Board arrived on 209 conditions it deemed necessary to mitigate the risks and adverse socio - ecological effects associated with the pipeline and its associated infrastructure to ensure the project is in the public interest.

There are no women on 30 % of public boards and 68 % of unicorn boards as the tech industry continues to lag others in representation of women.