INVITATION
L ETTER
T O
P ROSPECTIVE
B OARD
M EMBERS
( Example
o nly)
Date
Dear
_ ________________,
In
J une
o f
t his
y ear,
( Agency)
w ill
b e
e lecting
s everal
n ew
m embers
t o
o ur
B oard
o f
Directors.
We
a re
l ooking
f or
b oard
m embers
w ho
b elieve
i n
o ur
m ission
a nd
a re
w illing
t o
b e
active
i n
t heir
g overnance
r oles.
W e
b elieve
t hat
t his
w ork
h as
n ever
b een
m ore
important
t han
i t
i s
t oday.
Y our
n ame
h as
b een
s ubmitted
t o
o ur
B oard
Development
C ommittee
a s
s omeone
w hose
e xperience
a nd
i nvolvement
i n
t he
community
w ould
b e
a n
a sset
t o
o ur
o rganization,
a nd
w e
h ope
t hat
y ou
w ill
consider
b ecoming
a
n ominee.
(Agency)
i s
e ntering
a
c hallenging
a nd
e xciting
t ime,
a s
e conomic
p ressures
o n
o ur
customers
i ncrease
a nd
t he
d emand
f or
o ur
s ervices
c ontinues
t o
r ise.
W e
h ave
a
tradition
o f
h igh
q uality
s ervice
p rovision
a nd
a ctivism
r elated
t o
t he
e conomic
security
a nd
c ommunity
e ngagement
o f
o ur
c ustomers,
a nd
w e
i nvite
y ou
t o
b ecome
part
o f
o ur
t eam.
As
a
f ederally
d esignated
C ommunity
A ction
A gency,
o ur
B oard
o f
D irectors
s eeks
representatives
f rom
t he
p ublic,
p rivate
a nd
l ow
i ncome
s ectors,
a nd
y our
n ame
h as
been
s ubmitted
t o
t he
B oard
D evelopment
C ommittee
a s
a
p otential
b oard
candidate
r epresenting
t he
_ ______________
s ector.
* **specific
l anguage
i nserted
h ere
t o
describe
t he
p rocess
b y
w hich
r epresentatives
f rom
e ach
s ector
b ecome
n ominees
I
h ave
e nclosed
a
c opy
o f
o ur
b oard
m ember
j ob
d escription.
C opies
o f
o ur
committee
d escriptions
a re
a lso
e nclosed,
a s
w e
d o
e xpect
t hat,
o nce
e lected,
o ur
board
m embers
w ill
p articipate
i n
a t
l east
o ne
c ommittee.
W hile
w e
d o
a sk
t hat
o ur
board
m embers
p lay
a n
a ctive
r ole,
w e
p ride
o urselves
o n
s upporting
e ach
o ther
a s
a
t eam
a nd
b elieve
t hat
w e
o ffer
a n
o pportunity
f or
o ur
m embers
t o
l earn
a nd
g row
with
t he
o rganization.
A
m ember
o f
o ur
B oard
D evelopment
C ommittee,
_ ___________________,
w ill
b e
contacting
y ou
b y
p hone
t o
d iscuss
o ur
i nvitation
a nd
t o
a nswer
a ny
q uestions
y ou
may
h ave.
I f,
o nce
y ou
h ave
s poken
t o
_ _____________,
y ou
w ish
t o
b e
c onsidered,
w e
ask
t hat
y ou
c omplete
o ur
b rief
r esponse
f orm
( enclosed).
If
y ou
h ave
a ny
q uestions,
p lease
d on’t
h esitate
t o
c ontact
m e
d irectly
a t
______________,
o r
o ur
E xecutive
D irector
a t
_ _________________.
Sincerely,
President
Board
o f
D irectors,
( Agency)