September membership meeting

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JoeP wrote:

Bylaws define Board roles and responsibilities, much like a job description at Work.

That's where we disagree. Bylaws do NOT do that, they set operating rules. The roles and responsibilities, what we lawyers call duties, are set by the statute and caselaw and are called the duties of care and loyalty--fiduciary duties. You will not see them written into bylaws.

Send me a copy of the nonprofit bylaws of the other boards on which you sit. Maybe I can learn something. I'm responsible for my firm's Pennsylvania corporate pro bono work and in that capacity oversee the creation of a lot of bylaws, so I am always eager to learn.

Good luck at the meeting.