{"id":6116,"date":"2014-08-17T08:47:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=6116"},"modified":"2017-08-27T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:16:11","slug":"how-is-awakening-together-governed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/how-is-awakening-together-governed\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Awakening Together Governed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Awakening Together was planned so that no one person or group has sole leadership of the organization. Similar to the US Government, it was built with checks and balances. Here is a summary of how those checks and balances work:<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4827\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/about-awakening-together\/board-of-directors\/\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4836\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Board of Directors<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4826\">\u00a0is the highest authority in the Awakening Together. The Board of Directors elects their own peers from nominees; however all nominees must be approved by a majority of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/about-awakening-together\/member-board-trustees\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Board of Trustees<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4834\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4835\">With the exception of three appointed positions (President, Vice President and Sanctuary Director),\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Board of Trustees<\/span>\u00a0are elected by Awakening Together\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4838\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">members<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4833\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/about-awakening-together\/member-board-trustees\/\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4839\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Board of Trustees<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4832\">\u00a0and its subcommittees, which are made up of members, is responsible for day-to-day management of Awakening Together. The\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4840\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">President-Minister<\/span>\u00a0is responsible to oversee the Trustees and sub-committees.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4831\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4842\">The<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4842\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"> President-Minister<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4830\">\u00a0has primary responsibility for the budget and spending, Awakening Together contracts, minister ordination program and supervision of employees and volunteers.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Board of Directors<\/span>\u00a0oversees the the President-Minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\">If you look at the previous paragraphs, you will see no person or group is left solely on its own authority without a check or balance by another person or group.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4844\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are interested in more information, reference our Constitution and Bylaws at\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408285338473_4845\" class=\"yiv3405190756\" style=\"color: #196ad4;\" href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/members\/policies-and-procedures-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/members\/policies-and-procedures-2\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awakening Together was planned so that no one person or group has sole leadership of the organization. Similar to the US Government, it was built with checks and balances. Here is a summary of how those checks and balances work: Board of Directors\u00a0is the highest authority in the Awakening Together. 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