Advisory Council of PY

PY’s Advisory Council is a group of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills which complement the knowledge and skills of the formal Board members in order to more effectively govern the organization. Also, Advisory Council are sometimes used to maintain formal and visible relationships with people who have particular strong status, for example, people whose terms have expired on the governing Board, leaders in the community and people with highly respected skills in certain program areas.

The Advisory Council does not have formal authority to govern the organization, that is, the Advisory Council cannot issue directives that must be followed as in the case with a governing Board. Rather, the Advisory Council serves to make recommendations and/or provide key information and materials to the formal Board of Directors. Committees of governing Boards, for example, Gender Committees and Personnel Committees, are of the same capacity as Advisory Council – their members only make recommendations to the Board.