Board Member Record Page

The Membership panel on the Board Member page is divided into three sections: Board and Seat, Appointment Status, and Member Characteristics. Six additional tabs let you track Referrals, Reviews, and Background Checks, and let you send Mail, initiate Workflow, and attach files. The Status Log panel displays a basic audit trail of information on changes to the Board Member record. To save a Board Membership record, you must enter information in the Board and Status fields. If the Status is Current, you must also enter dates in the Term Begins field.

Membership Panel

The Name and Mailing address of the Board Member are displayed at the top of the Membership panel. Click the name link to go to the people record. If the people record contains an affiliation code with pop-up text, that text will appear in red below the Board Member name and mailing address.

Fields in three sections of the Membership panel let you record information about the Board member.

Board and Seat

Board – Click the search icon next to this field and select the board to which you want to assign this person. You must enter information in this field before you can save the Board Member record. If you've accessed this page from the Board record, this field is already completed.

Seat – Click in this field and select the seat to which you want to assign to this person. If you do not assign a seat, you can do so later from the Seats panel by clicking the Assign Seat button next to this person's name.

Appointed By Click in this field and select the appointing authority for the Member. The available codes for this field are those defined in the Board record's Appointing Authority field. For example, a Member is associated with a Legislative Board which only allows Governors and Legislators to appoint members, so the available codes for this field would be GOVERNOR and LEGISLATOR.

Appointment Type – Click in this field and select the type of appointment from a list of user-defined types.

Appointment Status

You can use information recorded in the Appointment Status section of the Membership record to report on appointment, vacancies, and departures under Membership Activity reports.

Status – Click in this field and select the member’s status from the user-defined list that appears. Statuses may include Applicant, Current Member, Former Member, Formal Candidate, Inactive, Nominee, and so forth. You must enter a status in this field before you can save the Membership record. You must select a Seat for this member before you can select a status of Current.

Application Received On Enter the date on which the member’s application was received by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Term Begins Enter the date on which the member’s term begins by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears. You must enter the date on which the term begins before you can save the Membership record. This date is independent of the Seat Begin Term date. It is stored in the Membership record and is specific to the member and not the seat. If the Membership Term Begins date differs from the Seat Begin Term date, Quorum gives you the option to overwrite the Seat Begin Term date when you save the Membership record.

Term Ends Enter the date on which the member’s term ends by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears. You must enter the date on which the term ends before you can save the Membership record unless you've selected the At Pleasure check box. This date is independent of the Seat End Term date. It is stored in the Membership record and is specific to the member and not the seat. If the Membership Term Ends date differs from the Seat End Term date, Quorum gives you the option to overwrite the Seat End Term date when you save the Membership record.

At Pleasure – Select this check box to indicate that the board member is serving at the pleasure of the Governor, Mayor, Supervisor, or other government head. When this option is selected, the Term Ends field is unavailable for entry of a date.

Appointed On Enter the date on which the member was appointed to the Board by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears. You must enter a date in this field if the Membership Status is Current. There must be a date in this field if you've selected a seat for this person. If you don't enter a date, and if the status is Current and you've selected a seat, Quorum automatically enters the current date when you save the record if your system configuration is set to do so. If automatic date entry is not set for this field, you must enter a date before you can save the record. You cannot change this date if your system configuration settings are set to no edit for the Appointed On date.

Confirmed On Enter the date on which the applicant was confirmed for membership on the board by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Executive Order # – Enter the number of an Executive Order if one pertains to this member's appointment.

Sworn In – Select this check box to indicate that a member has been sworn in if you want to track this information.

Reason for Departure – Click in this field and select a user-defined reason for departure from the board. Departure reasons may include such things as family emergency, relocation, or death. (Note: This field does not automatically update the Status field, for example from Current to Former.)

Departed On Enter the date the date on which the member left or resigned from the board by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Member Characteristics

This section of the Membership panel lets you record particular characteristics of the Board member. You can search for and report on members based on these characteristics using the Member Characteristics option under Membership Activities.

Marital Status – Click in this field and select the member's marital status from the user-defined list that appears.

Gender – Click in this field and select the member's gender from the user-defined list that appears.

Political Party – Click in this field and select the member's political party from the user-defined list that appears.

Occupation – Type the member’s current occupation.

Race/Ethnicity – Click in this field and select the member's ethnic origin from the user-defined list that appears.

Disabled – Click in this field and select Yes or No from the list to record whether or not the member is disabled.

Notes – Record any additional relevant information about the member. You can check the spelling of notes by clicking the spell check icon next to this field. This field allows for embedded HTML Hypertext Markup Language. The coding language used to create Web pages. HTML commands cover many types of text formatting and also have the ability to include graphics and other nontext elements. code so that you can highlight text. For example, you can use <b></b> to begin and end bold, <i></i> to begin and end italics, and <u></u> to begin and end underlining.

Referrals Panel

Recommendation Notes – Record recommendation information. You can check the spelling of notes by clicking the spell check icon next to this field.

When referrals are made for a Board applicant, a referral workflow is automatically generated and linked to the Board Member record. The link to the workflow, along with a link to the People record of the referring individual, appears on the Referrals panel.

Reviews Panel

Qualifications – Record any relevant information regarding the member’s qualifications for the seat (for example, current position, past experience, years of service). You can check the spelling of notes by clicking the spell check icon next to this field.

If reviews have been initiated or completed for the Board Member applicant, they appear on this page. Click the Review ID link to view the complete review record.

Mail Panel

Any correspondence sent to the Board member appears on this panel.

Workflow Panel

Any workflow records attached to the Board member record appear on this panel.

Attachments Panel

Documents, images, or other files attached to the Member record appear on this panel after they've been attached or scanned.

Background Checks Panel

Fields on this panel of the Member record let you record information about the applicant’s background review.

Assigned To – Click the search icon next to this field and select the staff member assigned to do the background review of the applicant.

Assigned On – Enter the date on which the background review was assigned to a staff member by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Background Type – Click in this field and select, from the user-defined list that appears, the type of background check required for the applicant.

Due By – Enter the date by which the background review is to be completed by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Background Status – Click in this field and select the current status of the background review from the user-defined list that appears.

Completed On – Enter the date on which the background review was completed by typing a date in the field or clicking the calendar icon next to the field and selecting a date from the calendar that appears.

Background Notes – Record any relevant information regarding the member’s background check (community regard, political contacts). You can check the spelling of notes by clicking the spell check icon next to this field.

Status Log Panel

The Status Log panel shows a history of actions taken on the Board Member record, including the action date, the user who performed the action, and a description of the action.