About WCASA

WCASA Board of Directors

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault is a non-profit agency guided by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the six service regions across the state.  It consists of a minimum number of 9 seats and a maximum number of 19 seats. 

Currently the WCASA Bylaws require that a simple majority of seats shall be filled by representatives of Sexual Assault Service Providers (SASPs).  In 2010 the Board changed the Governing Policies to include a provision that half of the Board be from underserved populations.  Two Survivor seats have also been added in the last couple of years.  (See below for more information about the Survivor seats.)

For a full list of 2012 WCASA Board Members, click here.

  
The WCASA Board of Directors is committed to developing a Board that is representative of its membership and the diversity of communities in Wisconsin. Board membership is open to any person regardless of race, color, religion or creed, age, sex, national origin, handicap or disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, or marital status.

2012 BOARD Meetings

 
The WCASA Board of Directors meet bi-monthly - January, March, May, July, September - with the last Board Meeting to be held in November the day after the Annual Meeting. 

WCASA Members are welcome to attend Board Meetings.  When the dates, times and locations have been arranged, the schedule is made available.

                      Click here for a list of 2012 Board Meetings

Agendas will be made available upon request.  Please contact the
WCASA office if you are interested in attending a meeting so that we may plan for your attendance and inform you of any changes. 

BOARD ELECTIONS

WCASA recruits for Board Members and accepts applications in the fall of the year.  Elections are held with the WCASA Membership voting, and the final decisions are announced at the November Annual Meeting.

If there are openings throughout the year, Board Members may be appointed.  If you are interested in being a Board Member please contact one of the following people to let them know and have any questions answered:   

•   WCASA's Executive Director
•   Board of Director President - contact info on 2012 Board List 
•   Chair of the Governance Committee (also the Board Vice President) -  contact info on 2012 Board List       

All Board Members need to be a WCASA Member in good standing and with voting privileges. Click here for a Membership Form  or contact the
WCASA office further about this. 

Further information about the 2013-2014 Board Term will be available at this site when the 2012 election cycle begins.

Board Survivor Seats

Two Board seats will be Survivor seats and will be filled by primary survivors of sexual assault.  These seats are not elected positions and will be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term of two years. 

Both Survivor seats have been filled for the 2012 Board.