Sentences with phrase «right as a board member»

By the way if they are in fact breaking a rule then file a formal complaint and ensure it gets dealt with, its your right as a board member.

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In the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, I've seen founders and their board members forget this at times, as they seek to install someone with the right pedigree but perhaps the wrong cultural fit.

After 13 years of running my own company and being active on several boards, as both an advisor and board member, I have learned a lot about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right set of advisors.

Being an effective board member is a serious job, not a sinecure, and selecting the right people for these roles is just as important as any other hire you might make.

A few months ago, a fellow I recruited as CEO to two of my Benchmark portfolio companies told me he never appreciated the value of the Wealthfront Equity Plan until he joined a board where the board members were too cheap to do the right thing for their employees.

After successful completion of the due diligence process, interested Members will present you with a Term Sheet that defines the structure of the investment deal - including the amount / type of equity, as well as rights relating to our representation on your board of directors, amongst other things.

To additionally safeguard their investments, VC firms take an active role in the businesses they invest in, typically supplying a board member and involving themselves in all important management decisions, including exercising veto rights over issues such as the sale of the company, additional financing, major business expenditures, etc..

As evangelical sociologist (and CT board member) Michael Lindsay once wrote in 2008, «Political movements like the Religious Right don't need a «god» to succeed, but they do need a devil.

The churches would get on board — several already were as members of the «Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights» — and stay on board.

Honorary Members may also be eligible for appointment to committees as a member and / or co-chair, with the right to vote within the committee, and shall have such other rights and privileges as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Spot on bro... the problem with most of us Arsenal fans is that we've been made to accept average as our only option after been promised by Gazidis and other members of the board that we will compete with top European clubs... i feel some players need to be allowed to go in order for better ones who are ambitious and hungry for titles to come in... and someone made mention of Giroud saving Arsenal in a few games like the countless chances he's missed that could have put the club in better positions could be equated right... he should have done that against Watford, west brom and the rest... truth be told..

We're just waiting for the «right time» as our board members statement said.

The reality is that both AOB and AKB have valid points... at the end we won't fully know what's going on inside the club 100 % unless your a board member but most likely won't be allowed to expand yourself... that being said singling out Wenger the way it's done is simply not right... the board, the manager & the players all should share the blame for what's happening that is all and YES winning trophies when that hasn't been the case for a LT is progress... not as much as you and myself would like but it is what it is!!

As a longtime school nutrition director and SNF board member, Joanne Kinsey has a passion for professional development and she says Jessie stood out right away.

This is not a left - right issue: the ideology appals many conservative Board members and school - masters, as well as the trade union activist.

He has since apologized for making the comments but insisted his First Amendment rights protected the speech, even as a board of education member.

As a community organizer and board member of Community Board 3, advocating for disability rights has always been a prioboard member of Community Board 3, advocating for disability rights has always been a prioBoard 3, advocating for disability rights has always been a priority.

«Right now, Democrats have a 12 - member majority on the Board of Legislators, and with George as county executive, they really don't need a 13th member,» said a county Democratic leader.

«He has said himself that he was not acting as a board member, he was acting as a personal citizen with his First Amendment rights,» BTF President Phil Rumore said of Paladino.

«Essentially we have the beginning of a tsunami, where literally we could have a hole in our community with the closing of Sophie Finn and the closing of the Kingston Hospital campus right next door which I can see every day from my office,» said Gallo during a press conference which — as he paced back and forth in the Common Council chambers before an audience of reporters, community members and at least four school board trustees — seemed at times similar to the delivery of an opening argument at trial.

Clegg was ordained as a deacon in the United Methodist Church in 2007, has served on the board of directors of the Rip Van Winkle Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 10 years, has been a member of the Ulster County Board of Health and is chairman of the Ulster County Human Rights Commisboard of directors of the Rip Van Winkle Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 10 years, has been a member of the Ulster County Board of Health and is chairman of the Ulster County Human Rights CommisBoard of Health and is chairman of the Ulster County Human Rights Commission.

«My client feels very strongly that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech have been violated by the actions of the majority members of the Board, the Board of Education and the school district as a result of a resolution that was passed seeking to remove my client from elected office,» Vacco said.

The other board members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit allboard members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit allBoard of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit alleges.

«Irwin Schneiderman, the candidate's wealthy father, has been a board member of NARAL for at least a decade, was once its chair, and also served as the treasurer of its political action committee, stepping down from his NARAL posts in April, according to Samantha Levine, the abortion rights league's spokeswoman.»

He sees the momentum of this «town on the move» as resting largely in the hands of the incoming Town Board members, who make most of the crucial decisions: «It's very easy to point to what you think is wrong; the real challenge is to point to what is right and how you can make it better,» says Zatz.

An ethics case involving two Woodstock Town Board members has depleted the ranks of the Ethics Board and raised lingering questions about matters such as due process, the rights and responsibilities of public officials, and the soundness of the local law at the heart of the case.

Such «city ward supervisors» do not have any duties in city government but have all the rights and privileges as any other member of the County Board.

Joining her is 26 - year - old East Village resident Natasha Dillon, a founder of the gay - rights activist group Queer Rising, who previously served on the board as a public member.

«Certainly, in my role, as a member of the Joint Schools Construction Board, worked to try to bring all parties together to resolve concerns and differences and questions, and right now it looks like this might end up in serious litigation,» Brown replied.

Posing for a photo momentarily after Thurman town board member Susan Shepler was sworn in as Deputy Supervisor, are (left to right): Town Supervisor Evelyn Wood, Town Clerk Jeanie Sprague, and Susan Shepler.

Not her bedraggled excuse for a husband Phil (William Fichter) who, while keeping his marriage vows, sneaks off to the local love shack for some illicit playings of the Wheel of Fortune board game with local diner waitress Rona (Jamie Lee Curtis); Not her dimbulb, lackadaisical moron of a son Jeff (Marcus Thomas) whose lust for Lite, as in Miller, cost him the use of his right hand (how the residents tell the story is one of the highlights of the flick); Not Jeff's partner Bobby Calzone (Casey Affleck) who takes it on the chin from every member of the Dearly family or his fiancé Ellen (Neve Campbell) who giggles hysterically when she hears the news of Mona's demise.

His legacy as San Francisco city supervisor and martyrdom at the hands of fellow Board Of Supervisors member Dan White are watershed moments in the ongoing battle for gay rights in America.

Academy heads and governors need the right expertise on board, either advising or as a member of the leadership team, to help them comply with these regulations and add value to their business.

In New York state, for instance, board members must take a financial - literacy test, but that test (a) is multiple choice and (b) may be repeated as often as you like until you get it right!

We were back to the question of what you do, as a board member, when just about everyone, for reasons of personality as much as policy, is «okay» with the way things are, even if those things are not «right.»

If Ross was as surprised as we were to read that school board members had the audacity to say that they had a right to micromanage the system, he will come to the conclusion that the state can no longer sit back and let the status quo prevail.

His community involvement includes serving as a member of his town's election commission, and the advisory boards for Mississippi Kids Count, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, and the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

«We must recommit ourselves to the vision that all students have the right to equitable opportunities to learn at high levels,» said Helen Mountjoy of Daviess County, a former education cabinet secretary and chair of the State Board of Education as well as a current Prichard Committee member.

COSA's 2017 Seminar Committee, under the leadership of COSA Board member Pilar Sokol, New York State School Boards Association, has put together a star - studded program packed with crucial issues school attorney have addressed for fifty years, like religion, free speech, federal regulation, and student rights, as well as cutting - edge operational issues like web accessibility and school technology.

If the schools are not producing, it is your right as a voter to select new board members who will see to it that your students and your schools succeed.

It means that Nebraska's 1,724 locally elected school board members serving these 250 districts must keep a keen eye on their spending, so as not to generate a narrative, right or wrong, that school spending is the cause of what are currently much higher than average property taxes in the state.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

SLC school board chooses Arizona educator as new district superintendent New boss» Most members agree that Alexa Cunningham, who will start her term July 1, is the right choice to face the district's challenges.

Asked whether the board will co-opt additional headteacher board members, as each has the right to, Sir David says they may think about this after the October half - term — and that he will look outside the ranks of school leaders to fill the places.

The board has yet to co-opt an additional two members, as is its right, though Ms Renou said that she thought it would be beneficial to appoint someone representing the far north of the region and someone with special educational needs experience.

That said, the fact that Connecticut's Democratic leadership, including Governor Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman, either supported or remained silent as Mayor Finch and the «education reformers» worked to remove the fundamental right of Bridgeport's citizens to choose members of their Board of Education is a sad and disgusting reminder that for some, principles and values are a thing of the past — fallen by the wayside — in the face of political expediency.

As Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Technical Developmentsays, «The first Audi TT was the design icon per se, the second generation was even sportier, right through to the TT RS plus with its five - cylinder TFSI and 265kW.

As a member of a credit union, you are considered an owner, giving you the right to both vote and run for board positions.

As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholBoard have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholboard members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholBoard and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholders.

ITV Board Member Missy Mosby started the «Hoosiers Unite for Animal Rights» Group and is a passionate animal advocate as President of Evansville's City Council.