Description for the
Advisory Board;
Board of Directors &
Representatives of the Light Millennium:
(Based on the June 6, 2006 Board of Directors & Annual Meeting's MINUTES)

An Advisory Board member:

-Willing to help LM diversify content contributions from both the USA and abroad.

-Willing to be a bridge for collaborative projects with educational institutions, NGOs, civil society organizations, corporations, or government agencies regarding individual projects, events, dedication issues, documentary or television projects.

-Must be willing to take part in the content of projects.

-Willing to support or connect LM with potential participants for an event, or dedication issue, documentary/TV program, etc., within his/her interest area or expertise.

-Willing to bring potential participants, diversify ideas, encourage his/her circle of friends, colleagues, students to share their essays/research with the LM as well as to organize/support for joint institutional events.

- Is not required to attend the board meetings.

- Is not responsible for the content of the Web site(s) or any other projects the organization may undertake.

Thus:

-LM will continue to present ALL ideas and practices based on the Publishing Policy and Mission/Vision regardless of any given advice for its e-publications/events/LMTV projects.

-Any BoD member, AB member, LM-Representative, or Volunteer Staff can suggest ideas for dedication issues, events, or LMTV programs as long as they are willing to contribute to that idea and to share its content, production, and promotion responsibilities.

-For 2006-2007: The AB members can be up to 9, and the BoD and AB members are WELCOME to propose potential new members for both the BoD and AB. The BoD and AB members, including the president of the organization as well as LM-Volunteer representatives, are eligible to invite new BoD or AB or new LM representatives (nationwide, Turkey, and internationally) by proposing potential names/ideas to Bircan Unver or one of the BoD or AB members or via LM-Yahoogroups. Those proposals will be included in the following BoD Meeting Agenda based on the date of proposal.

Basic criteria for BoD and AB members:

-To show interest in LM organization and its e-publications,

-To be part of the content via contributing his/her ideas to the content of the web publications,

-To attend events as an active participant as speaker or attendee, or in kind donor, institution/company representative,

-To be willing to support  and empower the organization's activities, and sustain the organization toward its Mission and Vision.

LM Representatives have equal powers with the Advisory Board, and are expected to participate actively and to take responsibility for contributing to content, events, in activating his/her cycle to be part of the organization, as well as be willing to promote the organization's e-publications/programs to his/her circle.  Each LM Representative is considered to be a director for that region, city, state or country.

If a representative has been passive more than one year and not in contact with the LM, not responded to any call or not expressed his/her will to continue to be the representative of the LM, in this case, LM has a right to remove that name from the Representatives category on the STAFF page.

Based on the June 6, 2006 Board of Directors & Annual Meeting's MINUTES>