Conflict of interest can be complicated

By Ann Macfarlane | February 14, 2020

The basic principle underlying conflict of interest is easy to state but applying it in real-life cases can be complicated. In a nutshell, when you accept a position on a…

If you abstain from a vote, what happens?

By Ann Macfarlane | April 17, 2015 |

A council member called me recently with one of the most common errors people make about Robert’s Rules of Order. She said, “We have a really controversial vote coming up,…