CANDIDATE STATEMENT:
Prepare a candidate statement for the Hampden Park Co-op Membership that considers the following questions and other qualities you would like to highlight. Please write your answer in the form to the left.
What interests you about being a board member?
What knowledge, skills and experience do you have which would be helpful to the board?
What short term and long term ideas and vision do you have for the co-op over the next year and next five years?
How could Hampden Park Co-op better serve its members?
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
I declare that I am a candidate for the Hampden Park Co-op Board of Directors. I recognize that as a director I will have a fiduciary responsibility to the membership to act in an informed and prudent manner, and that I may be held personally liable if I do not. I recognize that as a director I will have a duty to represent the membership at large and to act in their best interest. I have read the application materials and understand that serving as a director requires that I:
Prepare for and attend board and membership meetings regularly,
Attend any board training sessions,
Become familiar with the co-op’s bylaws, policies and financial statements,
Regularly participate and respond to board communication. The primary mode of communication is currently email.
I qualify to serve as a director in that I am currently a member of Hampden Park Co-op. I declare that as a potential member of the Hampden Park Board of Directors, there are no conflicts of interest from which I could financially gain.
Please sign and date the application.