What is The Board?
The Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association (SWMMBA) operates to accomplish our mission statement. The Executive Board is the body which interprets our mission, applies that interpretation to executing the mission, and strategically plans future actions to accomplish our mission. The Executive Board oversees all hiring, budgeting, and operational aspects of the full SWMMBA organization. This differs from our Chapter Boards who oversee trail work, fundraising, and projects within their chapter’s service area. Our Executive Board is not paid in any way (other than smiles), they are all volunteers. Essentially, these are your elected representatives, their job is to best accomplish our mission for our members. There are a maximum of 12 elected Board Seats, the SWMMBA Executive Board has traditionally operated with between 8 and 12 members. Board Members are not compensated in any way for their work.
What’s Involved With Serving On The Board?
The level of dedication to our mission is impressive when it comes to the Executive Board. The average Executive Board Member will volunteer their time up to 15 hours per month on tasks for the organization, exploring potential new projects, optimizing the organization’s operations, and in helping our Chapter Boards execute the organization’s mission. On top of volunteering at events and completing organizational tasks, board members are expected to attend a minimum of one board meeting each month.
Additionally, board members receive training in various software platforms used to better serve our mission. Board members each have an official SWMMBA email address and access to our internal Slack group where all internal communication occurs. Some board members are in charge of delegating work to committees, managing volunteers, handling IT tasks and requests, managing our budget, interacting with contractors, or even collaborating with land managers. Our board has set roles for most of it’s members, each have goals and responsibilities to keep the organization moving forward.
If you see them around, thank them for their work!
