Trustee
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Name:
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What is your interest in native plants, plant communities and biodiversity?
Why are you interested in being a Trustee of Te Ara Kakariki?
What skills can you can bring to Te Ara Kakariki?
Do you have previous experience working or volunteering with a Trust? Please expand on your experience
What is your occupation?
All Te Ara Kakariki Trustees manage a portfolio, please circle which portfolio you would be interested in managing. /
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Events
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  • Financial
  • Sponsorship and fundraising
  • OSH
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  • Greendot
  • Monitoring and Research
  • Education

Please provide two referees / Name: / Name:
Relationship: / Relationship:
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Characteristics Te Ara Kakariki seeks in our trustees

INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Attend board and committee meetings and functions.
  • Be informed about the organization's mission, policies, and programs.
  • Review agenda and supporting materials prior to meetings.
  • Serve on committees and offer to take on special assignments.
  • Inform others about the organisation.
  • Suggest possible nominees to the board who can make significant contributions to the work of the board and the organization.
  • Keep up-to-date on developments in the restorationsector.
  • Assist the board in carrying out its fiduciary responsibilities, such as reviewing the organisation's annual financial statements.

Personal Characteristics

  • Ability to: listen, analyze, think clearly and creatively, work well with people individually and in a group.
  • Willing to: prepare for and attend board and committee meetings, ask questions, take responsibility and follow through on a given assignment, seek financial resources, open doors in the community, evaluate oneself.
  • Develop certain skills if you do not already possess them, such as to: cultivate and solicit funds, cultivate and recruit board members and other volunteers, read and understand financial statements, learn more about the restoration sector and the needs of clients
  • Possess: honesty, sensitivity to and tolerance of differing views, a friendly, responsive, and patient approach, community-building skills, personal integrity, a developed sense of values, concern for the organization and its development, and a sense of humour.

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Please send the completed application to Chair Te Ara Kakariki

PO Box 33024, Barrington Mall, Christchurch, 8244