Occasionally when reviewing bylaws for a nonprofit client, I run across a clause allowing proxy votes. For those unfamiliar: in…
Many times in my work doing strategic planning, the question arises about who the organization is attempting to reach in…
This is a matter of two parts of Montana law (in the Montana Code Annotated as it is known) –…
One of the key roles for the person planning the board agenda is to form (or “frame”) the question. I…
We often talk about Board Governance…I say governing should be the central focus of every board, but what does it…
How do you refer to the board of directors which governs the nonprofit you serve? Many Executive Directors have fallen…
What’s in a plan, and so what anyway? Part of my work is to de-mystify the parts of a strategic…
In my continuing quest to make the concept of governance the core focus of every board of directors, here are…
As stated in the instructions for the form 990, “Even though the information on policies and procedures requested in Section…