{"id":448,"date":"2015-03-30T22:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T02:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelsmithlaw.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:37:38","slug":"nonprofit-corporations-tips-for-taking-minutes-of-board-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/nonprofit-corporations-tips-for-taking-minutes-of-board-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Corporations: Tips for Taking Minutes of Board Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secretaries of nonprofit corporations have the sometimes unenviable and unrewarding responsibility of making sure that minutes of meetings of the board of directors are taken and maintained.\u00a0 Here are some practical tips and suggestions for writing the minutes that I have accumulated over time and revised over time. \u00a0These are not hard-and-fast rules, and reasonable people may disagree with me about some or all of them.<\/p>\n

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  1. Note whether the meeting is a regular meeting or a special meeting. A regular meeting is one that is scheduled by the board.\u00a0 A special meeting is one called by an officer or one or more individual directors as authorized by the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or the state statute governing nonprofit corporations. \u00a0If it is a special meeting, note who called it and how.<\/li>\n
  2. Note the date, time, and place of the meeting to show consistency with the notice of the special meeting or with the board resolution scheduling the regular meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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