"Politics is not the art of the possible, it is the art of making possible what is necessary." - Jacques Chirac
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Purpose
The Colorado Institute for Leadership Training was created to provide emerging leaders with the information and skill they need to make a difference in our times. The Institute is a non-profit organization, committed to the principles of collaborative problem solving, consensus-based decision-making, and the celebration of diversity. Our core premise is that societal improvement can only take place through collective action. Only by working together can we take on the challenges faced by our communities, our state and our nation. Who Are Our Alumni?
The Institute recognizes that leadership can take many forms. CILT has graduated over 500 engaged citizens from our leadership training program. These alumni have gone on to serve as congresswomen, state treasurers, state legislators, city council members, mayors, county chairs, county commissioners, school board members, sheriffs and campaign managers. We define politics and leadership, however, as more than the art of getting elected to office. Other alumni have chosen to become more active in policy advocacy, community advocacy, labor, their church, their neighborhood, their service organization, or their community.
Class Commitment
The Class of 2011 represents the 21st year of the program. Emerging leaders, from all backgrounds, age groups and regions of the state, are selected to participate in the class every year. Each session deals with a different skill or subject and is held in different parts of the state. Three of the classes involve Friday night and Saturday day sessions, returning home on Saturday night. Two of the classes to the Western Slope and Plains involve Friday night travel and socializing, Saturday day Sessions, Saturday night festivities, and Sunday programming through mid day, returning home Sunday afternoon.
The course takes place over ten (10) weekends between January and June, each year, including five weekend retreats to Colorado locations such as the Western Slope, South East Colorado, the San Luis Valley, and Northern Colorado, and covers pressing issues in Colorado such as Education, Rural and Agricultural Issues, Water, Politics, and the Economy. Class Topics - Health
- San Luis Valley Issues
- Civics
- Religion and Politics
- Leadership
- Early Childhood Education
- K-12 Issues
- Higher Education Issues
- Agricultural Issues
- Criminal Justice
- Mental Health
- Urban Growth
- The Environment
- Water
- West Slope Issues
- Energy Issues
- TABOR/Budget Impacts
- Rural Issues
Class Venues - Adams County
- Alamosa County
- Arapahoe County
- Adams County
- Baca County
- Boulder County
- Denver County
- Douglas County
- Eagle County
- El Paso County
- Garfield County
- Jefferson County
- Moffat County
- Phillips County
- Prowers County
- Pueblo County
- Routt County
- Summit County
- Washington County
CILT Bylaws, Adopted 12-30-10 (official copies available upon request) Bylaws
of the
Colorado Institute for Leadership Training
a Colorado Not for Profit Corporation
ADOPTED December 30, 2010
Article I. Offices
The principal office of the Colorado Institute for Leadership Training (hereinafter “the Corporation”) in the State of Colorado shall be located at 1587 Ivanhoe Street, Denver, CO 80220. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Colorado, as the board of directors may designate or as the activities of the Corporation may require from time to time.
The registered office of the Corporation, required by the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of Colorado may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Colorado, and the board of directors may change the address of the registered office from time to time. The mailing address of the Corporation shall be P.O. Box 18302, Denver, CO 80218.
Article II. Non-Profit Status
The Board shall conduct all corporate acts in accordance with the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act ("Act"), as amended, and with all state and federal laws and regulations which may be necessary to obtain tax-exempt status under applicable state and federal law. The Bylaws shall be maintained at the Corporation's principle office in Colorado as required by the Act.
The Corporation shall fully comply with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, rules, and regulations. In particular, it shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or age in its education policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, other administered programs, or the provision of any rights or privileges to students, faculty, or employees.
In the event of the dissolution of the Corporation, distribution of assets shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Act. In no event shall assets be directly or indirectly distributed to, or inure to the benefit of any member, former member, director, former director, officer, or former officer of the Corporation.
Article III. Members
The Corporation shall have no members.
Article IV. Board of Directors
Section 1. General Powers. The board of directors shall manage the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 2. Number and Qualifications. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be no fewer than five (5) or more than seven (7) as determined by resolution of the board of directors from time to time. The directors should be residents of the State of Colorado and should not be employees of the Corporation. To the extent possible, a minimum of four (4) of the directors shall be alumni of the educational programs offered by the Corporation. To the extent possible, the directors should represent geographical diversity from throughout the areas of the State of Colorado.
Section 3. Appointment, tenure, and term of office. Directors shall be appointed by a majority of an existing board for terms of two (2) years. Terms of directors shall be staggered so that no more than 60% of terms expire in any given year. There shall be no term limits on the service of directors.
Section 4. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held with reasonable notice to the directors at least six (6) times per year. The board of directors may provide, by notice posted on the Corporation’s website or in a similar fashion, the time and place, either within or without the State of Colorado, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice.
Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or a majority of the directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by them.
Section 6. Notice. Notice of any meeting shall be given at least four days previously thereto by written notice delivered to each director either through postal or electronic mail at his or her address. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by electronic mail, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the electronic mail is delivered to the account of the receiving director. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 8. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors.
Section 9. Policies and Resolutions. The board may from time-to-time adopt policies and resolutions, which are not inconsistent with these Bylaws or the articles of incorporation of the Corporation, that pertain to the day-to-day management, governance, and operation of the Corporation.
Section 10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if consent is obtained by a majority of the directors in writing (including, but not limited to, via electronic mail).
Section 11. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by election by the board of directors shall continue for a term of office only until the next election of directors.
Section 12. Compensation. By resolution of the board of directors, each director may be paid his or her expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or expenses of attendance at any educational program of the Corporation. Directors are not to receive any other compensation from the Corporation in terms of salaries, stipends, or gifts.
Section 13. Deadlock. In the event that an equal number of votes are cast for adoption or rejection of any proposal before the board of directors, a director who is also the president of the Corporation, or such other person as may be named by the board from time to time, may cast a vote in the decision to break the tie.
Section 14. Executive session. The board may, for purposes permitted under the Colorado Non-Profit Corporation Act, adjourn into executive session for purposes of consideration and deliberation of such matters. No votes shall be taken in executive session and no minutes shall be prepared of such discussions or deliberations other to indicate that the board adjourned to executive session at a certain time, the general subject of discussion, and the time of concluding the executive session.
Section 15. Removal of director for non-participation. In the event that a director has been absent from two (2) consecutive meetings without excuse, the director shall receive written warning from the President of the Board of Directors. If the director is absent from a third (3rd) consecutive meeting, the director may be removed by the board by a vote of a majority of members of the board.
Article V. Officers and Committees
Section 1. Number and Type. The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. Three different directors shall serve as President, Treasurer, and Secretary and no two or more offices may be held by the same person serving as director.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation to be elected by the board of directors shall be elected annually at the October meeting by the board of directors. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office for a term not to exceed three (3) years or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by action of the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term
Section 5. President. The president shall be the principal officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the board of directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the board of directors, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, checks, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or these Bylaws or a resolution of the board to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all the duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time.
Section 6. The Secretary. The secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records; (d) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors. The secretary may delegate these duties to the Executive Director of the Corporation.
Section 7. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall: (a) be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of these Bylaws; and (c) in general perform all of the duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 8. Committees. The board may, from time-to-time by resolution or policy, create committees to carry out the purposes of the Corporation. Membership of committees may comprise both board members and other interested individuals. Appointments to committees shall be approved by a majority of the board at a regular or special meeting and such actions shall be duly reflected in the minutes of the board.
Section 9. Salaries. The officers shall not be entitled to salaries or similar compensation from the Corporation.
Article VI. Indemnity
The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer or former director or officer of the Corporation against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the settlement or defense of any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he or she is involved or made a party by reason of being or having been such director or officer. This indemnity, however, shall not extend to matters as to which such person shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, to be liable for negligence or misconduct in performance of duty to the Corporation. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled as a matter of law.
Article VI. Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits
Section 1. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. The board of directors may pass resolutions from time to time which limit the authority of persons to act on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instance.
Section 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors. The treasurer shall not have signatory authority on any of the financial accounts of the Corporation.
Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the board of directors may select.
Article VII. Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first (1st) day of January and end on the thirty first day (31st) of December in each year.
Article VIII. Waiver of Notice
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director of the Corporation under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
Article XII. Amendments
These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and the board of directors at any regular or special meeting may adopt new By-Laws.
The foregoing Bylaws were adopted by a regular meeting of the board on the 30th day of December, 2010.
/s/ Cindy Lowery-Graber
President
/s/ Jeff Miller
Secretary
CILT Policies and Procedures, Adopted 12-30-10 (official copies available upon request) CILT Policies and Procedures
Adopted: December 30, 2010
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board Meetings: The Board of Directors shall meet at least six times a year, every other month. Meetings may be held by conference call. All meeting notices will be posted on the CILT website at least 7 days prior to the meeting date whenever possible. Meeting minutes will be posted on the CILT web site within 7 days after the meeting date. The Board of Directors may also meet as needed with reasonable notice on an ad hoc basis. Examples of these ad hoc meetings include meetings to review class applications in November.
Annual Board Meeting: The October meeting of the Board of Directors shall be considered the organization’s annual meeting to review class applications, set an annual budget, conduct long-term planning, and elect board members.
Annual Alumni Meeting: The Board shall schedule an open alumni meeting in September of each year, to hear the thoughts, ideas and concerns of the CILT alumni community.
STAFF
CILT shall have a part-time, contract executive director whose contract, compensation and work schedule shall be determined by the Board. CILT will maintain a written agreement for services with the Executive Director at all time and compensation, work schedule and duties shall be included in the written agreement. Any changes to the terms must be in writing and signed by both parties. The CILT Board will conduct an annual performance review of the Executive Director at the December board meeting. The Executive Director reports directly to the President of the CILT Board or to any board member who the President has delegated specified authority to.
FINANCES & RECORDS
Records: CILT shall maintain for a minimum of seven years all financial, IRS and legal records. CILT shall maintain for the life of the organization class records, Secretary of State filings, annual reports, policy documents, Board meeting minutes, and articles of incorporation. All CILT documents, contact lists and data are the sole property of CILT and shall not be disclosed to outside organizations except as may be required by law.
Financial Reports: The Treasurer shall work with the Executive Director to provide to the Board of Directors an organizational financial report by the 10th of each month. The Treasurer and Executive Director shall present a year-end financial report for the previous year at the February board meeting. CILT runs on a calendar year basis (from January to December).
Check Signing: CILT shall have two authorized check signers: the President and another board member that is not the Treasurer. No one may sign a check written to him- or herself.
Debit Card Use: CILT shall have two debit cards. One shall reside with the President of the Board of Directors. The second debit card shall reside with the Executive Director but may be signed out for use by another Board of Director for specific expenses, then signed in upon return. Receipts shall be turned in to the Treasurer at the end of each month and maintained with the financial records.
Reimbursements: Expenses requiring reimbursement should be pre-authorized in writing when possible by the Treasurer. Expenses require a reimbursement form with original receipts. Reimbursements shall be made within 30 days of receipt of the form and original receipts.
Petty Cash: Petty cash may be withdrawn from the bank to make change at events or for other specific uses so long as pre-authorized in writing by the Treasurer. CILT shall maintain detailed records of petty cash withdrawals and transactions, and petty cash shall be returned for deposit to the bank once the event or other specific use if finished.
End of Policies and Procedures.
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