Soil & Health Association of NZ Inc’s governing body is the national council.
Councilors are elected for a two year term, or renewed from the general membership each year at the annual general meeting.
These are the main skills, interests and capacities desirable to be a successful councilor:
- Enthusiasm and passion for Soil & Health’s vision and mission
- Strategic leadership and governance experience
- Fundraising for charities
- Communications, Marketing and Publishing experience
- Relevant community connections & community organising skills
- Growing or gardening or harvesting skills
- Financial literacy and experience, in particular within non-profits
- Time to volunteer 5-10 hours per month
- Skills with digital publishing & content production
- Issue knowledge & lobbying & campaigning skills against GE, pro-organic, pro-soil, pro-clean food, pro-community gardening, against toxics in soil and food etc.
All council positions are volunteer, with no remuneration. Expenses for travel can be reimbursed. Paid staff can assist with administrative & compliance tasks.
Those wishing to be nominated for National Council are asked to submit a brief background history and note of their aspirations for their term of office, to be circulated to member before the AGM.
Where the council requires certain skills mid term, it may reach out and offer interim appointments.
Candidates should be free of conflicts of interest on issues or organisations we oppose, eg GE.
The nomination process is detailed here.
Candidates need to be ordinary members of S&H, join link below.