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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Has your organisation got a problem?
A deal-making dilemma or a constitutional conundrum?
Found yourself in a personality pickle or a media muddle?

Does our spending fit our stated purpose?

A new secretary asks Agony Uncle about a "large expenditure" that doesn't seem to fit their…

Are working groups and subcommittees different?

Agony Uncle unravels the difference between committees and working groups.

How should we deal with an electoral stalemate?

Agony Uncle tackles a situation in which the constitution calls for a BIG election majority for…

Our chair thinks the constitution is 'the source of all wisdom', but is it?

In this query, Agony Uncle tackles the view of a chair who is always saying ... “well, the…

Agony Uncle: Help! We don't have time to fill this vacancy

In this query, a not-for-profit grapples with the timelines in their constitution.