This introduction to Robert's Rules will emphasize the values underlying the Rules and will further emphasize the ordinary nature of the ideas behind legal and technical language. It is intended...

The purpose of an agenda is to ensure that a meeting is conducted in an orderly manner and that discussions lead to results.

The agenda listed several significant items, including the approaching legislative session, a fund-raising campaign, and selecting the site for the 2018 conference.

If a CLH organization has not agreed on policies and procedures, it means that either all decisions must be made at governing body meetings or individuals must make decisions, and...

This guidance is designed to support good governance and management in new or existing co-operative and community-led housing organizations

The Internal Revenue Service believes that a well-governed charity is more likely to obey the tax laws, safeguard charitable assets, and serve charitable interests than one with poor or lax...

The executive committee met in secret, without the full board and disinviting the executive director.

In a regional webinar on good governance, the chief elected president said, “Bob taught us these practices years ago. We adopted them and now have a more efficient board.”

Effective governance, with its corollaries of transparency and accountability, leads to increased public trust in the organization and a greater willingness among the public to donate funds and services. Effective...

Cooperatives have a unique governance structure that reflects their ownership and control by their members.

Organizations are streamlining governance processes. It may be a revamp of the bylaws, fewer committees, a smaller board, or elimination of ex officio seats at the board table.

It’s the common reply by boards when asked about their rationale as to why they meet so often, why they sustain ineffective committees, or why the agenda is primarily “reports...

Governance Structures and the Value of the Firm

These tips are based on the governance areas most likely to be a challenge for boards of small-to-mid-size nonprofit organizations, as identified in Leading with Intent

This Executive Summary presents our survey methodology and a profile of the respondents, and then reports on the findings in key categories: composition and recruitment, structures, policies and procedures, roles...

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Your mission and values should guide all your decisions and how you maintain relationships with each other. It’s especially important that equity and inclusion remain priorities; even when making quick...

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The purpose of a grievance procedure is to enable employees to raise grievances related to their employment, seeking satisfactory solutions, and to allow the employer to resolve grievances in a...

Eager-to-contribute board members often voice their ideas with great passion.

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Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness,...

The concept of board governance is vague. Directors may find themselves on boards, but their knowledge of good governance is limited. This guide offers smart practices and takes governance from...

A BCA (including an RFS) gives you important information about your co-op and the money needed to keep it in good condition now and in the future.