The Board sets policy and provides overall leadership for TAIM, including the mission, goals, priorities and resource allocation. The Board ensures accountability for all resources by establishing goals, developing a strategic plan, and monitoring the progress of the plan in relationship to the goals and budget. Board members act on behalf of all TAIM members. They have the responsibility to be well informed about issues before the Board and the association, actively involve themselves in Board decision-making and support Board decisions. Board members have no corporate authority as individuals, only when they are part of officially called meetings.
Board members are personally accountable for fulfilling all duties and responsibilities.
To attend Board meetings and actively participate in the decision-making process. To prepare for each board meeting by carefully studying the agenda and supporting matierals. To advise the president or executive director when attendance at a Board meeting or activity is not possible. To clarify and sustain TAIM's vision, mission, and values. To provide information, ideas and suggestions from the membership to the Board and communicate the activities and ideas of the Board to the members.