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Board Governance

How QWOCMAP is governed, what we ask of our Board, and how to join us in stewarding the next 25 years.

What the Board Does

How We Steward QWOCMAP

Our Board of Directors provides strategic guidance, governance, and accountability, stewarding QWOCMAP's mission, values, and resources. The Board's work falls across four areas.

Governance

  • Govern the organization as a group, meeting our duty of care, obedience, and loyalty
  • Identify, recruit, onboard, and develop the leadership of other Board members
  • Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in all Board meetings, the annual Board & Staff retreat, and other Board activities and committees
  • Conduct an annual Board evaluation to ensure Directors are meeting their charter and goals
  • Board terms are one year, with renewal after evaluation

Resource Mobilization & Finances

  • Ensure the organization has the resources to pursue and achieve its mission
  • Lead by example through personal giving, treating QWOCMAP as a priority in giving and in securing additional resources (give/get)
  • Lead Board fundraising efforts including peer-to-peer giving, donor stewardship, and supporting QWOCMAP's broader fundraising
  • Participate in fundraising strategy and oversight, meet the Board charter as a percentage of the annual budget, create and maintain reserves, and support organizational growth and sustainability
  • Review and approve budgets and financial statements to ensure effective stewardship of resources
  • Ensure QWOCMAP meets its legal, fiscal, and compliance responsibilities

Strategy & Vision

  • Collaborate to develop strategy and capacity that secure QWOCMAP's future in alignment with our principles and values
  • Ensure resources and management are in place to meet organizational needs
  • Support QWOCMAP in implementing and measuring strategies and goals

Relationships & Reputation

  • Support relationship-building and stewardship across QWOCMAP's networks
  • Serve as ambassadors for the organization
  • Strengthen QWOCMAP's reputation and reach around the world
  • Actively participate in the Film Festival, Distribution screenings, and other QWOCMAP and community events

Who Serves on the Board

Our Board members represent the communities QWOCMAP serves and bring a range of backgrounds and skills, including film, education, finance, fundraising, nonprofit leadership, and arts and culture.

They bring deep commitment to QWOCMAP's work, mission, values, and community. They build collaborative working relationships grounded in QWOCMAP's working agreements, including nonviolent communication. We commit to addressing conflict directly, with care, and in ways that strengthen our work together.

Board of Directors are volunteers. This is not an employment listing or a paid position.

See our current Board of Directors

How the Advisory Board Supports Our Work

Our Advisory Board members are accomplished filmmakers, artists, and media professionals whose creative practice and industry expertise inform QWOCMAP's artistic direction and programs. They bring decades of work in independent and queer cinema, and they advise on craft, curation, and the direction of the field.

See our current Advisory Board
Recruitment

Join Our Board

We are always looking for kind, enthusiastic, and dedicated community members to join the QWOCMAP Board of Directors. We're seeking folks who will build relationships with community and donors, serve as ambassadors, and strengthen, strategize, and lead by example to ensure that QWOCMAP has the resources to achieve our mission.

All kinds of backgrounds are welcome — film and film industry, arts and culture, advocacy, legal, health and wellness, organizing. And all kinds of skills are needed — fundraising, storytelling and public speaking, budgeting, outreach and promotion, community engagement, data analysis, and conflict resolution. If you have skills, then QWOCMAP has a place for you.

If you're interested in co-creating QWOCMAP's future and helping turn it into reality, we'd love to hear from you.

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