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		<title>Taming the Bylaws Monster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever notice that no one seems to look at the bylaws of an organization when everything is running smoothly? Then one fine day a board member, who has missed four of the last six meetings, makes some embarrassing public pronouncement. Now what? This is only one of the areas where your agency’s bylaws [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2010/taming-the-bylaws-monster/</link>
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		<title>About bylaws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bylaws are not a static document. Sometimes the rules need to be revised. Things change. Opportunities and threats present and must be addressed. It’s like adjusting the family rules to make them appropriate for your good-kid who just got his driver’s license. Those old rules about not crossing the street without holding a grown-up’s hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2010/about-bylaws/</link>
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		<title>Conflict of Interest as part of the bylaws?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a note from a reader: Kerch &#8211; I just bought your book and look forward to working through it. I have a question. Are you aware of new rules that require nonprofits to have a privacy promise and/or a conflict of interest agreement incorporated in the bylaws? Thanks for buying the book..and thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2010/conflict-of-interest-as-part-of-the-bylaws/</link>
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		<title>Organized Nonprofits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disorganized organizations waste resources, including not only time but also talents and treasures.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/organized-nonprofits/</link>
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		<title>What belongs in the bylaws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Einstein said: Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler. Same goes for bylaws of your nonprofit organization. You need enough structure in your bylaws to enable to organization to function well, but not so much as to hamstring its work. If you leave something out of the bylaws: It might be interpreted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/what-belongs/</link>
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		<title>Board members getting paid?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting article in the Washington Post July 11, 2009 about condo officers deciding they deserve to be paid. Condo Officers Can&#8217;t Pay Themselves Fees if Bylaws Forbid It by Benny L. Kass In my opinion, to allow board members to be compensated for their service will open the door to owners who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/board-members-getting-paid/</link>
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		<title>Know the rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend my family sat down to play a new game,  Cleopatra And The Society of Architects. In general, I hate games. (I have a terrible time waiting for my turn.)  But this one was pretty cool. It has some interesting strategy twists. What&#8217;s that have to do with bylaws? My daughter had played the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/know-the-rules/</link>
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		<title>Regarding consensus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last hundred years or so, people have been trying to run their meetings using Robert’s Rules of Order. They are designed to efficiently run a meeting but not necessarily to facilitate the making of decisions. They can be cumbersome, so many groups often don’t adhere closely to them. And, perhaps worse, sometimes people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/regarding-consensus/</link>
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		<title>How do I find out what my state requires to form a nonprofit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know bylaws. But I don&#8217;t know the rules in every state. I just found this great book that has—among other great things—an appendix that lists, state by state, what is required to form a nonprofit organization. It&#8217;s possible that some stuff may be slightly out of date, but at least it tells you where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/what-my-state-requires/</link>
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		<title>More on electronic voting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article by Gene Takagi over at NonProfit Law Blog about board actions by email. While the article is focused on California law, I think the notion of what constitutes a legal digital signature is useful for all. According to California law, a  digital signature must have all of the following in order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fixmybylaws.com/2009/more-on-electronic-voting/</link>
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