Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Charity Village® NewsWeek: Ethics Q & A

Charity Village® NewsWeek: Ethics Q & A: "Membership concerns have been a very common topic recently in queries to me, web-based forums, and conversations with colleagues. If the issue were easy, there would be far fewer discussions.

In my opinion, the main reason there are so many questions is that organizations either fail to properly define 'member' in their bylaws, or fail to comply with that part of their bylaws. They do not hold the discussion on 'Who are the moral owners of our organization?' and 'How can we ensure the board is properly constituted to be trustees for those owners?' And organizations tend to have several types of members even if the bylaws only recognize one. These include:"

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