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Nominate a board member

The board is responsible for the Foundation — its direction, its money, and the policies it runs on. If you know someone who should be helping steer it, this is how you say so.

What a nomination needs

The board of the Lone Star Bleeding Disorders Foundation is eleven people: five officers, four trustees, and two treatment center advisors who bring the clinical view. They are accountable for the Foundation as a whole, and the policies they work to are published on this site.

Nominations are read as they arrive. You can nominate someone else, or put yourself forward — the form asks which, so you do not have to guess whether that is welcome.

2027 board

The positions open this year

Three seats on the 2027 board are open to nomination. A seat being open does not mean it is empty — sitting board members can stand again, and often do. You can see who holds each one now.

  • 1st Vice President
  • Treasurer
  • Trustee

What the commitment looks like

Six times a year January, March, May, July, September and November.
One hour 6:30 to 7:30 in the evening.
Some in person, some on Zoom A typical year has both.

Every board meeting is posted as a public event, so you can see the next one before you put anyone's name forward — they are on the events page with everything else. That is the board meeting schedule itself; committee work and events sit on top of it, and how much varies.

What a nomination asks you for

Who they are Name, address, phone and email. The form also asks where they work — and says plainly that employment is not required for board service.
What they would bring Their relevant experience, and why you think they belong on this board. Two paragraphs, in your own words. This is the part the board reads most closely.
What else is on their plate Whether they have served on other boards, and what they are already committed to. Board service takes real time, and being honest about this helps rather than hurts a nomination.

The areas a nomination can point to

  • Leadership
  • Financial
  • Secretarial
  • Fundraising
  • Policy Development
  • Public Policy/Advocacy
  • Special Events
  • Strategic Planning
  • Evaluation
  • Technology
  • Bilingual

A nomination ticks as many as apply. Nobody is expected to bring all eleven — the point of a board is that between them they do.

Board nomination

The nomination form

Around ten minutes. Four of the questions want a paragraph rather than a line, so it is worth starting when you have a moment rather than half of one.