Board-specific processes and requirements
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Board of Management
The board-specific requirements set out below reflect the requirements approved by Council in September 2006.
Note: The St. Lawrence Forum previously nominated 1 member - this position is vacant and needs to be reviewed.
Agency profile
The Centre is a City board established to provide state of the art performance facilities and services for Toronto's "not-for-profit" performing arts organizations at an affordable cost. The Centre contains two performance spaces - the Jane Mallet theatre (497 seats) and the Bluma Appel theatre (896 seats). The Centre's six resident companies are the Canadian Stage Company, the Esprit Orchestra, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Music Toronto, Opera in Concert and the Toronto Operetta Theatre.
Board responsibilities
The Board of Management is responsible for supervising the business and affairs of the Centre, ensuring that the Centre is operated in a fiscally responsible manner and meets its service obligations to the performing arts community which uses the facility.
Term of office
Four years.
Composition
The board consists of 12 members:
- the Mayor or a designate appointed by the Mayor
- 3 members of Council appointed by City Council
- 2 tenant members (nominated by the Tenant Advisory Committee)
- 6 citizen members
Qualifications
In addition to the general eligibility requirements set out in the Public Appointments Policy, citizen appointees to the Board are also to collectively demonstrate a range of qualifications including:
- financial management
- hospitality services
- knowledge of the performing arts industry and facilities management
- fundraising
- marketing and sponsorship
- law, or
- expertise and linkages in the diverse cultural community.
A youthful perspective (age range 18 to 30) is a desired qualification for at least one member of the board.
Meetings
The Board meets monthly or at the call of the Chair
Remuneration
No remuneration is paid to Board members
Nomination process - advertised recruitment
The citizen members are recruited through City-wide media advertising and eligible candidates are screened against Council approved qualifications by a City staff team. The Civic Appointments Committee selects a short list of candidates, conducts interviews or other means of selecting appointees, and nominates candidates as members and the Chair of the Board for appointment by City Council and that the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Board recommend to the Civic Appointments Committee at the beginning of the term the balance of business and arts background they would prefer to meet its needs.