Make Food Not Waste Board Member Application

On behalf of everyone at Make Food Not Waste, thank you for your interest in board service. We know that there are many ways you could spend your time in service to the community and are humbled knowing that you are interested in us.

The following application offers us an opportunity to know more about you, your skills, attributes, and what you would bring to our board. It also gives you a sense of what matters to us in any board candidate.

The goal of our process is to determine if we are a good fit for each other. We want to know what motivates you and how you think about our organization so that we can help create an excellent board experience for you. We also want to know your level of commitment, capacity to contribute to the board, and ability to deliver on our expectations so we are confident that you can help us to increase the scope and impact of our work to reduce greenhouse gasses, preserve resources and reduce food insecurity by creating lasting solutions to food waste.

Thank you again for your interest in our work and taking the time to complete this application with thought and care. We look forward to reviewing it and continuing our conversation with you.

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Please share how you found out about this position.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Past and Present Membership:

Please list the boards, committees, task forces, etc. that you have been a part of, your role and dates of service.

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WHY? 

We recognize that you have many other organizations to spend your time and energy supporting. We are most appreciative and excited about your support of Make Food Not Waste and would like to hear more. Why are you interested in working with us? Please share your motivation and what it is about our work that has led you to be interested in being an ambassador for our work?

What do you see as 1-2 challenges and 1-2 opportunities for us in the next few years?

SKILLS/EXPERTISE

Please mark the skills and expertise you possess that will strengthen our board and enhance the ability of Make Food Not Waste to deliver on its mission to reduce greenhouse gasses, preserve resources, and reduce food insecurity by creating lasting solutions to food waste through education, food upcycling and advocacy in Michigan.

Please add any other skills or experience that you bring to the table that may not have been
listed above.
ATTRIBUTES
A board is more than a collection of individuals. It is an entity that governs, approves strategy
and engages in robust discussion and debate on relevant issues. It must act as a single entity. As
such, the personality traits you bring to the board will help us to ensure that we have a diversity
of personality styles and traits that, when added to our current board members, will enhance
the ability of the board members to work together as a governing body.
Please mark all of the following traits that you exhibit:
FUNDRAISING
Among other responsibilities, board members play a key role in raising funds for Make Food Not
Waste. It is an expectation of board service that you will introduce people in your sphere of
influence to our work and invite them to know more – as prospective volunteers, board
members, staff and as donors. Make Food Not Waste is committed to providing you with the
information and tools necessary for you to stand as a vocal and visible ambassador for the work
we do.
Further, we expect every board member to make an annual financial commitment for each year
of board service. This financial commitment should be at a level that is meaningful to you, and
could be either a “give” or a “get” (fundraising on your own to reach a certain goal).
Can you speak to your level of comfort with this expectation?
TIME
Board service is a true commitment of time and energy. We estimate that board service could
be a commitment of 4-8 hours each month. This includes board meetings, keeping up with
emails and updates, reviewing documents ahead of meetings, subcommittee work, special
events, and volunteering with the organization. We currently meet on the third Thursday of
every odd month (January, March, May, July, September, November) from 6-730 pm.
Do you have any concerns or potential conflicts that may serve as impediments to this time
commitment? If so, how will you manage the demands on your time?
FINAL QUESTION
Is there any information in this application that you would like to keep confidential? If so, please
specify what and we will remove that information before sharing your application with board
members that are not on the recruitment committee.
Please send your resume to the Board Secretary, Rachelle Bonelli at rachelle@makefoodnotwaste.org.
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