Essential Governance Guidelines

The organization contemporaneously documents minutes to meetings held or actions taken by the board and any committees of the board, and retain these minutes as part of our permanent record.

November 1, 2021

By Megan Pierce, Donor Services Director

MINUTES: Taking minutes supports sound risk management by providing a written record of board deliberations and decisions. Board minutes provide evidence that a board has exercised care in decision making. Board minutes also substantiate that a board is operating in accordance with legal requirements, including the organization’s own rules (found in its Bylaws and other documents) and rules established by regulatory agencies or other oversight bodies.