Governance Policies

Draft Governance Policy Routes

Direct PAC review routes for policy documents, grouped by governance domain and backed by Governance Library Markdown.

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This document is under Founder, legal, and governance review. It has not been approved by the Board of Directors and is not an operative governing document.

Foundational Documents

Governance and Board

Board Governance Policy
The Board acts collectively through mission fidelity, institutional independence, documented decisions, financial stewardship, ethical accountability, risk oversight, and continuity. During Founder-led governance it exercises meaningful oversight and reserved powers but is not ordinary executive authority; after formal transition it becomes principal institutional governing authority. Board size, terms, appointments, removals, quorum, voting, upward rounding, and fixed-denominator recusal follow the Constitution and Bylaws. Informal direction, engineered vacancies or recusals, committees, and operational access controls may not bypass those documents.
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Officer Governance Policy
Core Officers are Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, and Secretary and serve renewable two-year terms. Officers exercise only assigned authority, maintain records, disclose conflicts, report material issues, protect restricted information, and preserve handover and credential continuity. Appointment, removal, vacancy, resignation, acting service, suspension, and review are stage-specific under the Constitution and Bylaws. Officer status does not create Board membership; Officer suspension does not suspend a separate Director seat; and ordinary procedures cannot remove a Founder serving as Chairperson during Founder-led governance.
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Committee Governance Policy
No standing committee is mandatory at launch. Founder/Chair may create operational working groups, advisory groups, and temporary implementation teams during Founder-led governance. Formal committees exercising Board-delegated governance authority require Board authorization; after transition the Board creates formal governance committees. Each formal committee requires a written charter, defined membership, scope, reporting, records, limits, and dissolution terms. No committee is a mini-Board or may amend higher documents, appoint or remove Directors, dissolve the PAC, finally approve endorsements, alter Founder protections, or exercise undelegated reserved powers.
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Foundational Documents

Founding Charter

Constitution

Bylaws

Governance and Board

Board Governance Policy

Officer Governance Policy

Committee Governance Policy

Policy Administration

Governance Review Policy

Policy Lifecycle Policy

Ethics and Accountability

Code of Ethics Policy

Conflict of Interest Policy

Whistleblower Protection Policy

Finance and Internal Controls

Financial Governance Policy

Treasury Governance Policy

Banking Governance Policy

Internal Controls Policy

Procurement Policy

Expense Approval Policy

Asset Management Policy

Insurance Governance Policy

Risk, Continuity, and Succession

Risk Management Policy

Crisis Communications Policy

Business Continuity Policy

Succession Planning Policy

Records, Privacy, and Information

Records Governance Policy

Information Governance Policy

Document Control Policy

Privacy Governance Policy

Operations and Communications

Communications Governance Policy

Media Relations Policy

Volunteer Governance Policy

Training Governance Policy

Public Statements Policy

Endorsements

Endorsement Governance Policy

Candidate Evaluation Policy

Due Diligence Policy