Community Event Attendance Policy

1. General
   The San Francisco LGBTSF Pride Community Calendar is filled with events designed to benefit various non-profits within the community. Such events include annual fundraising dinners, receptions and award parties. It is essential to the mission of San FranciscoF Pride that the organization be visible at community events and support the endeavors of our sibling organizations. By supporting such events a proportion of the funds of the organization may be channeled back onto the community.

2. Selection of Events
   1. The number of events which the organization attends and which are associated with a financial contribution shall not exceed twenty (20) in any calendar year.
   2. Fifteen (15) of the above events (‘the Annual Event List’) shall be identified in advance by the Board who shall be asked, at its December meeting to ratify a calendar of likely events for the succeeding year. This calendar shall be presented by the Executive Director and shall be based upon the preceding year’s events. The calendar shall seek to identify a broad range of events reflective of the diversity of the San Francisco LGBTQI+ community.
   3. Five (5) of the events shall be chosen throughout the course of the year at the discretion of the Board President.
   4. If, for any reason, one or more of the events on the Annual Event List fail to occur then a substitute event may be selected by the Board President.
   5. The Board shall, during the annual budgeting process, establish a budget for supporting community events and under no circumstances shall the number (and cost) of attending such events exceed the budget set from time to time by the Board.
3. Attendance
   1. Each Board member shall be asked to choose one event from the Annual Event List which they would like to attend. The Board President shall determine which Board members will attend which events and the cost of their ticket/seat/entry shall be underwritten by the organization.
   2. The Board President may determine, at their discretion that more than one Board member accompany them and the Executive Director to certain events.
4. Behavior & Decorum
   1. Representatives of the organization shall behave at all events in a manner befitting their status as ambassadors of the organization, shall preserve the image of the organization and keep all internal matters as private or confidential, internal.

Approved: at Board Meeting 08.01.00