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Nonprofit Basics: Meeting Minutes Best Practices

May 22, 2023 Podcast
EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. This episode focuses on documenting decisions made at meetings of a nonprofit organization's board of directors or trustees. While everyone who attends a board meeting should keep their own notes—and those notes can follow any style and can focus on the recording person's understanding of what transpired—it is the meeting minutes as ultimately approved by the board that serve as the legal record of the decisions of the governing body.

Since the governing body members have fiduciary responsibility for the organization, the decisions described in the minutes should be carefully drafted. In this episode, I'll cover the basics for the person charged with drafting the minutes, touching on what should be included in the minutes and what can be left out.

Resources:

EO Radio Show EP #1: Nonprofit Basics: Overview of Nonprofit Charitable Organization Types: Corporation, LLC, Trust, Association and Fiscal Sponsorship

EO Radio Show EP #2: Nonprofit Basics: Designators, Members, Directors, Officers: The Who’s Who of Nonprofit Governance

EO Radio Show EP #3: Nonprofit Basics: Director Duties and Best Practices for the Typical Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation

EO Radio Show EP #11: Nonprofit Basics: Amending Nonprofit Corporation Bylaws

EO Radio Show EP #32: Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits – What’s the Big Deal?

EO Radio Show EP #33: Nonprofit Basics: Conflict of Interest Policies and Best Practices for Approving Insider Compensation

EO Radio Show EP #34: Nonprofit Basics: Best Practices for Approving Insider Compensation Decisions

If you have suggestions for topics you would like us to discuss, please email us at [email protected]

Additional episodes can be found at EORadioShowByFarella.com

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to be, nor should it be interpreted as, legal advice or opinion.

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