Just to make this a bit clearer, my understanding is that anyone who is
an officer or director of a non-profit organization can be held
accountable for the actions of that organization. That is why there is
Officers and Directors Insurance available, and why if your are in this
position it would behoove you to make sure your board buys it for you.
A few more tips, only a little tongue in cheek:
1) You are personally liable for decisions you make as a Board member.
So, if you don't understand what you are signing, don't sign. Hello?
Are you listening out there?
2) Don't agree to things you do not understand, and don't use words
when you are not sure of their meaning.
3) Don't take positions just because it is cool to be a "Director" or
to be on a power trip. Caring is important, and opinions are important
too, but competence (which is hard work) is necessary to decision making
and competence has to go along with caring and opinions. It's not that
opinions and caring don't count, it's just that they can't stand on
their own. It's a cop out to say "Oh dear, when someone mentions
numbers, my brain turns to mush!" If someone cannot explain something
to you in simple arithmetic, then they don't really understand it
either, as even the most complicated calculus can be done
arithmetically, so don't stand for it when someone tries to bamboozle
you with their high-falutin' math talk. It's not your problem, it's
their problem, they are talking down to you, and don't let them get away
with it.
Now, everybody repeat after me. "I will never, ever, sign a document I
don't understand, or I will write above my signature, 'under protest'."
That will help you later in court.
Barbara Nelson
Seward
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Barbara Nelson
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What lies behind us and lies before us are small
matters compared with what lies within us.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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