Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland

Glenn Rodriguez, MD President	Marianne Parshley, MD President-Elect
John Evans, MD Past President	Robert Hayes, MD Secretary-Treasurer
R. Bryan Bell, MD At-Large Trustee	Bradley Bryan, MD At-Large Trustee
Michael Dorsen, MD At-Large Trustee	Cody Evans, MD Resident Trustee
Sharon Meieran, MD At-Large Trustee	Evan Los, MS-IV Medical Student Trustee
Brenda Kehoe, MD At-Large Trustee	A.G. Bud Lindstrand Public Member

The purpose of the board, on behalf of the Members of MSMP and the Profession is to see to it that the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland (1) achieves appropriate results for appropriate persons at an appropriate cost, and (2) avoids unacceptable actions and situations.

4.1 The board will govern with an emphasis on (a) integrity and truthfulness in all methods and practices; (b) outward vision rather than an internal preoccupation, (c) encouragement of diversity in viewpoints, (d) strategic leadership more than administrative detail, (e) clear distinction of board and chief executive roles, (f) collective rather than individual decisions, (g) future rather than past or present, and (h) pro-activity rather than reactivity.

4.2 The job of the board is to represent the Members of MSMP and the Profession in determining and demanding appropriate organizational performance.

4.3 To accomplish its job products with a governance style consistent with board policies, the board will follow an agenda that (1) completes a re-exploration of Ends policies annually and (2) continually improves board performance through board education and enriched input and deliberation.

4.4 The President assures the integrity of the board’s process and, secondarily, occasionally represents the board to outside parties.

4.5 The board commits itself and its members to ethical, businesslike, and lawful conduct, including proper use of authority and appropriate decorum when acting as MSMP board members.

4.6 The leadership success of the board is a direct result of the individual and collective participation of its members.

4.7 Board committees, when used, will be assigned so as to reinforce the wholeness of the board’s job and so as never to interfere with delegation from board to CEO.

4.8 A committee is a board committee only if its existence and charge come from the board, regardless of whether board members sit on the committee. The only board committees are those which are set forth in this policy. Unless otherwise stated, a committee ceases to exist as soon as its task is complete. The CEO will serve as a non-voting member of each committee (exception: Grievance and Peer Review).

4.9 Because poor governance costs more than learning to govern well, the board will invest in its governance capacity.