CWCM Board Page

 

CWCM Statement of Responsibilities 

What the Board Does

CWCM Committee Roles and Responsibilities

Things to Consider Before Joining a Board from Board Café

What it Takes to be a Good Board Member from Portland Business Journal

Schedule of 2008 Meetings 

(Board meetings are on the second Monday of each month at 4:15 pm)

Schedule of 2008 Board and Committee Meetings (updated 1-15-08)

Board Member Biographies (updated 1-07)

Board Member Nominating  & Orientation Process (updated 1-07)

Board Profile Summary (updated 11-06)

Board Committee Structure (updated 9-06)

Committee Roles and Responsibilities (updated 1-07)

Committee Lists and Prospective Board Members (updated 8-3-06)

Board Operations Calendar (updated 1/15/08) 

 

• Board & Staff Contact Sheet  (updated on 8/14/08)

• CWCM Funding Activities

• 2006 Annual Report (2Mb)
• 2005 Annual Report (470K)
• 2004 Annual Report (340K) 

• 2008 Operating Budget
• 2007 Operating Budget

• CWCM Strategic Plan October 2005 (221K)
  

• 2008 Staff Pattern
  

CWCM Committee Web Page

Go to:  http://dsl.sbc.yahoo.com/ 

user:  cwcmvolunteer@sbcglobal.net   password:  play2learn

In the Message Center, click on “View Addresses” to see our list of volunteers.   

 

Association of Children’s Museums

www.childrensmuseums.org

This site contains a plethora of information including a listing of all member Children's Museums with links.  There are sections of the website that are only available to members, such as the documents listed under “Attention Members.”  Our Member’s Only login is ChildrensMuseums and the password is Play2Learn.  Please note that the terms are case sensitive.  Please do not share this login and password.

• Children's Museums Professional Practices

• Standards of Excellence in Early Learning

• Association of Children's Museums Case Statement 

 

CHILDMUS Listserv

To subscribe, visit:  https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/childmus

A forum for children's museum professionals.  You can choose the digest version and receive these messages in one email once or twice a day.  An excellent way to listen in on the conversations of CM professionals all over the world.

 

Yahoo News Alerts

http://alerts.yahoo.com/

Sign up for this service to email you each day with new stories with the keywords “children’s museum”  Other providers such as MSN have similar services.

 

Free Complete Toolkit for Boards

http://www.mapnp.org/library/boards/boards.htm

Published by The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits

 

Board Café – Newsletter for Nonprofit Boards of Directors 

http://www.boardcafe.org/

Published by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Short enough to read over a cup of steaming hot cocoa, the Board Café offers a menu of ideas, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service.  Published monthly, past editions available on the website.  You can sign up to have this newsletter sent to your email address.

 

The Nonprofit GENIE

http://www.genie.org/

 

The Board Source – Building Effective Nonprofit Boards

http://www.boardsource.org/

The “Board Info” tab contains useful information in the “Board Essentials,” “Nonprofit Essentials,” and “Q&A” sections.