San Francisco Zen Center is governed by a board of directors. The board includes three ex-officio, voting members, consisting of the Central, City Center, and Green Gulch Farm abbatial leaders. The three officers of SF Zen Center are ex-officio, non-voting members, and they are the president, the CFO, and the secretary. The bylaws allow for up to four appointed members for one-year terms, and there are twelve elected members serving three-year terms. There is a term limit of two consecutive terms for elected members.
The meetings of San Francisco Zen Center Board of Directors are open to dues-paying members. To view the proposed agenda for an upcoming meeting, contact the San Francisco Zen Center Secretary at secretary@sfzc.org. View the calendar of board meetings here. (The venue and/or time of the meetings may be subject to change, but the dates are definitive.) All are welcome to review the abbreviated minutes of board meetings.