FIRMA Board of Director Duties and Requirements

Directors of FIRMA are elected by the current members of the Association who are in good standing at the time of the election.  A director's term of service is for a 3 year fiscal period (see Bylaws for details). The following list of requirements and expectations has been established to ensure that the professionals who choose to apply for nomination and are elected, understand the level of commitment necessary. Should the Board collectively determine that the service of a director is insufficient, these requirements will serve as a standard to be measured against.

• Participation in no less than 75% of regular and special Board meetings, either in person or virtually. Regular meetings of the Board are generally held monthly for 1 ½-2 hours.  Special meetings may be called at any time by the President or Board (see Bylaws for details).
• Good faith participation in meetings constitutes a target of 75% of the scheduled time.  Reasonable efforts should be made to inform the President and/or Secretary in advance if full attendance at meetings is not going to occur.
• Participation in one or more standing committees as chair or co-chair is required. Participation on additional committees is strongly encouraged.  Committee meetings are virtual and are generally held monthly for 30-60 minutes.
• Attendance at the national conference (typically held in the spring) is expected.  This includes providing assistance and support throughout the week with the operational aspects of the conference.
• Attendance is required at the 2–3-day annual strategic planning session (typically held in the summer). This includes planning the national training conference and other strategic planning items.  Participation in the development of session topics and obtaining speakers and sponsors for the national training conference is expected.
• Some FIRMA meetings related to the conference or strategic planning could be scheduled over weekends, so there is a personal time commitment as well.
• Officers of the Board will have additional time commitment expectations, including Executive Committee meetings and additional committee involvement. 

In recognition of time commitment and service, FIRMA will provide each Director with complimentary registration for all FIRMA-sponsored training programs and travel-related expenses for the annual national conference, and other meetings and training events, as necessary..