EL-3 Communication & Support to the Board

The President shall not permit the Board to be unsupported in its work and shall not fail to proactively communicate, provide information and counsel to the Board in a timely manner.

Further, without limiting the scope of the above statement by the following list, the President shall not:

1. Withhold, impede, or confound information relevant to the Board’s informed accomplishment of its job.
   
   
   1. Allow the Board to be without timely decision information to support informed Board choices, including regular updates on the status of the Board’s Policy Governance expenditures, environmental scanning data, and risk assessment.
   2. Neglect to submit timely monitoring data including, interpretations of Board policies that provide the observable metrics or conditions that would demonstrate compliance, rationale for why the interpretations are reasonable and evidence of compliance.
   3. Let the Board be unaware of any actual or anticipated non-compliance with any Ends or Executive Limitations policy, regardless of the Board’s monitoring schedule.
   4. Let the Board be unaware of any incidental information it requires, including:
      
      
      • Anticipated media coverage;
      • Actual or anticipated legal actions;
      • Changes in executive personnel;
      • Anticipated noncompliance with federal law, state law or local;
      • Quarterly financial statements;
      • Annual year-end financial report; or
      • Names and titles of two executive administration members familiar with Board and presidential matters and processes.
      • At least every quarter a presentation from a designated area.
      • On a timely basis, an overview of new projects or initiatives.
        
        
   5. Allow the Board to be unaware that, in the President’s opinion, the Board is not in compliance with its own policies on Governance Process and Board-Management Delegation, particularly in the case of Board behavior which is detrimental to the work relationship between the Board and the President.
      
      
   6. Present information in unnecessarily complex or lengthy form.
      
      
2. Withhold from the Board the support needed for its official functioning and communications.
   
   
3. Favor any Board Member or Members above the Board as a whole.