Purpose:

The purpose of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation Governance Committee is to ensure that there is adequate and responsible governance of the BMWTF and that the Board of Directors fulfills its legal, ethical, and functional responsibilities through adequate governance policy development, recruitment strategies, training programs, monitoring of board activities, and evaluation of board members' performance.

Responsibilities:

The responsibility of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation Governance Committee is to make recommendations to the Board:
1. regarding maintenance of an active and effective Board including recommendations for removal, replacement and appointment of Directors and to ensure that Board members are aware of their legal duties as Directors of a charitable corporation.
2. regarding the development of committees as necessary for effective conduct of the activities of the BMWTF;
3. to ensure there are adequate Terms of Reference for the Board and its committees;
4. regarding policies and practices relative to conflict of interest; 5. for limiting liability exposure;
6. regarding the management and monitoring of insurance coverage to ensure that the BMWTF is adequately covered for loss of property, commercial & general liability and Directors' and Officers' liability;
7. management of our charitable status;
8. and review the terms of reference annually and report this review to the Board.

Although the Secretary is responsible for maintainance and annual update of the Directors' Handbook, the Governance Committee will review all of the elements of the handbook that are within the Committee's Terms of Reference.