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Governance
In late 2018, CSTE sought a formal external review of existing CSTE Bylaws in response to CSTE stakeholders, significant
growth of CSTE, and to support long-term organizational effectiveness. The CSTE Executive Board (EB) worked with the
Georgia Center for Non-Profits (GCN) to review existing governance documents and conduct extensive stakeholder interviews.
Ultimately, GCN identified a few themes that were the foundation of their recommendations:
• Steering-Committee activities have become misaligned with funding and workload.
• Stipulation of these Subject Matter Experts in board complement restricts the nominating process.
• Executive Board meetings weigh program over governance and strategy.
Changes were formalized in early 2021, and approved through a vote of the Council at the 2021 Annual Conference. These
changes are summarized in the following graphics:
Increased Size of Executive Board
The size of the EB has changed from 10 members to up to 13 active members, including up to nine remaining EB
members who will no longer represent topic-specific Steering Committees.
New Standing Committee Structure
The new bylaws add three new standing committees of the EB: 1) Program and Policy; 2) Governance
and Nominating; and 3) Finance and Audit
