Do breaches of AGM rules void the election result?
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Agony Uncle
Our Community's thinker-in-residence aka "Agony Uncle" Chris Borthwick, answers curly questions from not-for-profits. Here's a great selection of his entertaining and insightful responses. As one thankful inquirer put it ...
Thank you for your absolutely brilliant response! This is the first time I’ve seen anything at all to do with non-profit governance be anything but dull and humourless!!!
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Can a board operate without a chair?
Can a board operate without a chair or vice-chair?
How do we go on with a management committee of zero?
What do we do if nobody nominates from the floor at the AGM?
Some not-for-profits problems have no solutions
In this help sheet series, Our Community’s resident agony uncle, Chris Borthwick, offers answers to…
In our unincorporated association, are our acting president’s actions out of order?
I am a member of a small committee which has an executive to carry out our decisions. We have a…
Agony Uncle: Our board needs a new secretary who’s not a secretary
Currently, our board’s secretary is the CEO’s executive assistant. Board members have been…
Is postal voting compliant with the model rules?
Our organisation has around 300 members and we’re wanting to establish whether postal voting is…
Should the board review and ratify our policies?
Do we need to have our policies reviewed and ratified, and if so who should do this?
Which policies does our organisation need?
I have been asked to set up some policies for our community-based sporting organisation and I have…
What are the limits of the role of observers at board meetings?
I would like to understand the role of an observer who attends a not-for-profit board meeting. I…
Agony Uncle: Can you clarify the terminology on terms?
I have a governance question about whether a term in our constitution restricting the number of…
What’s the right procedure if positions on our committee are not contested?
Our club is coming up to its AGM. If there are no contested positions (that is, there is one…