Search Results for: bylaws
Governance Committees: More and More Common
...
6. Proposes and implements board policies, such as a boardconflict of interest policy. Rather than clutter the bylaws with policies, it’sbetter to have a set of board-related policies. Some to consider, along withlinks to adaptable model documents from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services:
Conflict of interest
Requirements...Does the road wind uphill all the way? Issue #49
...fulfilled by the journey.
* This issue: Ten Things Learned from Women Executive Directors of Color and a checklist for important items in the bylaws. Not to mention Ask Rita on surrogate motherhood and a very fun 3-Minute Vacation.
Blue Avocado has turned two years old and...
BOARDnetWORK offer for Blue Avocado readers
...bylaws or policies so that board members can see them whenever they want. Save time, paper and postage by uploading your board and committee agendas, minutes, committee reports, and financial reports, and let board members ask questions, comment, and propose revisions online. Automatic meeting reminders via email, and more.
...Four Ways to Remove a Board Member
...
Your organizational by-laws should describe a process by which a board member can be removed by vote, if necessary. For example, in some organizations a board member can be removed by a two-thirds vote of the board at a regularly scheduled board meeting.
If you do not have
...I Survived an IRS Audit
...incorporation, bylaws, and any amendments
IRS letter granting tax-exempt status. (Shouldn’t the IRS have this?) Minutes of all board meetings and committees to help the IRS determine whether the organization had “sufficient and adequate internal controls” and to “determine the extent of board oversight” Brochures, newsletters, and...Six Things Every Board Member Should Know About the NEW 990
...nonprofit finance, executive transition, and other issues.
Editor’s note: Starting in January 2009 we’ll be having a series on board policy documents with model templates including conflict of interest policy, bylaws, whistleblower policy, document retention policy, ethics policy, and more. Stay tuned to your Inbox!
...Why is Fundraising More About Leadership Than About Skills? editor notes #93
...readers would love? Let us know! Email Susan Sanow susan at blueavocado dot org.
* In this issue: Ten Things Your Board Is Doing Right And Doesn’t Even Realize It, Fundraising in Communities of Color, a quick DIY project with bylaws, and a guest humor columnist about a board...
Nonprofit Spotlight: Donna Murray Brown is Tearing Down the Silos in Michigan
...smaller and more aligned board, moving from a 41-member-board to 21 members,” she says. Board members each came to MNA because they had been associated with connected to isolated programs. They changed the long-standing bylaws, that called for 23 specific organizations to have a seat at the board table. Moving...