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Volunteers, Staff and Consultants - Page 1 of 3 November 27, 2007

Wood River Land Trust

LTA Standard 7: Volunteers, Staff andConsultants 7A: Capacity

7B: Volunteers

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Practice 7A: Capacity

The goal of the Land Trust is to develop and maintain an excellent organization thatenhances our ability to efficiently achieve the land trusts goals. (See Appendix 1B.1,

Strategic Plan.)

Practice 7B: Volunteers

Volunteers are an important component of the Land Trusts work. Volunteers help uscare for the land entrusted to our protection, plan and implement community events, and

conduct office work and/or fieldwork. The Land Trusts volunteer program shall beimplemented according to the Volunteer Program Guidelines adopted November, 2006.

(See Appendix 7B.1, Volunteer Program Guidelines.) Potential volunteers are screenedusing information gathered from the New Volunteer Questionnaire. (See Appendix

7B.2, New Volunteer Questionnaire.)


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LTA Standard 7: Volunteers, Staff and Consultants 7C: Staff

7E: Lines of Authority7F: Personnel Policies

7G: Compensation/Benefits

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Practice 7C/7E: Each staff member shall be provided a written job description thatdetails key duties and responsibilities, as well as identifying his or her supervisor. Each

employee shall be provided periodic performance reviews in the manner described in theWood River Land Trust Employee Handbook. (See Appendix 7F.1, Wood River Land

Trust Employee Handbook.)

Practice 7F: The Land Trust shall maintain written Personnel Policies that conform tofederal and state laws, and shall provide a copy to each employee. The Personnel

Policies shall be periodically reviewed, and updated if necessary, by the GovernanceCommittee. (See Appendix 7F.1, Wood River Land Trust Employee Handbook.)

Practice 7G: The Land Trust strives to provide employees with salaries and benefits that

are fair and commensurate with similarly sized nonprofit organizations in the WoodRiver Valley. An Employee Bonus Incentive Plan has been established to financially

reward employees for outstanding performance. (See Appendix 7G.1, Amended andRestated Employee Bonus Incentive Plan.) A Employee Housing Assistance Fund has

also been created to assist employees with the high cost of housing in the Wood RiverValley. (See Appendix 7G.2, Employee Housing Assistance Fund.) The Governance

Committee shall periodically review salaries and benefits to ensure they are fair and

equitable.


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LTA Standard 7: Volunteers, Staff andConsultants 7H: Consultants

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Policy: To ensure that Land Trust and consultant relationships are clearly defined, anycontract executed with a consultant shall substantially conform to the contract templateprepared by the Governance Committee in December, 2006 and shall be in writing. (See

Appendix 7H.1, Consultant Contract.) The Land Trust will provide consultants with acopy of Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices (Revised 2004) and/or Wood River

Land Trust Standards and Practices that are relevant to the consultants work.

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