Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2007 Annual Report Download - page 43

candidates to serve as independent directors, an
independent and questioning mindset is critical.
The Committee also considers whether the
prospective candidates’ workloads would allow
them to attend the vast majority of Board
meetings, be willing and available to serve on
Board committees, and devote the additional
time and effort necessary to keep up with Board
matters and the rapidly changing environment in
which the Company operates. Different
substantive areas may assume greater or lesser
significance at particular times, in light of the
Board’s present composition and the
Committee’s (or the Board’s) perceptions about
future issues and needs. Relevant experiences
might include, among other things, company CEO
experience, senior-level international experience,
senior-level regulatory or legal experience, and
relevant senior-level expertise in one or more of
the following areas — finance, accounting, sales
and marketing, organizational development,
information technology and public relations.
Stockholder Communication Policy
Any stockholder or interested party who
wishes to communicate with our Board of
Directors or any specific directors, including our
Lead Director (who presides over executive
sessions of the non-employee directors) or with
the non-employee directors as a group, may write
to:
Board of Directors
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
PO Box 68947
Seattle, WA 98168
Depending on the subject matter,
management will:
• forward the communication to the
director or directors to whom it is
addressed (for example, if the
communication received deals with
questions, concerns or complaints
regarding accounting, internal
accounting controls and auditing
matters, it will be forwarded by
management to the Chairman of the
Audit Committee for review);
• attempt to handle the inquiry directly
(for example, where it is a request for
information about us or our operations
or it is a stock-related matter that does
not appear to require direct attention by
our Board of Directors or an individual
director); or
• not forward the communication if it is
primarily commercial in nature or if it
relates to an improper or irrelevant
topic.
At each meeting of the Governance and
Nominating Committee, the Corporate Secretary
will present a summary of all communications
received since the last meeting of the
Governance and Nominating Committee that
were not forwarded and will make those
communications available to any director on
request.
Executive Sessions and Lead Director
The Board holds regular executive sessions
of non-management directors quarterly. As
provided in the Governance and Nominating
Committee Charter, the Lead Director who
presides over these executive sessions is the
chair of the Governance and Nominating
Committee.
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