Ann Macfarlane
My friend Donna Cameron writes, “We need to be brutally honest with ourselves.
Updated November 18, 2022 One of the surprising rules about voting is that when taking the vote, the chair MUST call for the negative vote—even if the chair is perfectly certain that there were enough votes in favor to pass the motion. This ensures that everyone enjoys their full right to vote, even if they…
At our nonprofit workshop last Saturday, someone asked, “How can you get board members to do what is agreed upon by the group at large?”
Staff interaction in local government meetings can be effective or disastrous.
Are you planning to start your own nonprofit organization? The process is complex.
It seems that confusion is rampant about the “quorum” and related voting issues. Read on:
Interrupting is one of the most common conversational gambits in our American society. It is not allowed at meetings run according to Robert’s Rules of Order.
As our faithful readers know, Robert’s Rules affirms that minutes contain what is DONE, not what is SAID. Personal remarks and commentary do not belong in meeting minutes. By extension there is no place for after-the-fact comments in the minutes, either. The minutes are the record of the meeting itself. If your council or board…
Updated November 18, 2022 Counting a vote wrong can land you in big trouble. As readers know, the QUORUM is the minimum number of voting members who must be present for business to be done. Once you have your quorum in place, you can take action by discussion and voting. (Read “what is a quorum”…
