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Article: Preparing proper minutes of association meetings.(Column)
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- Association Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Meeting minutes represent more than a mere record of proceedings. Legal requirements dictate they be prepared in a precise format.
The minutes of an association meeting comprise a permanent record of what occurred at the meeting and an account of the proceedings for those not present. Minutes are useful as guides for association staff, making it possible to determine precisely what disposition was made of certain matters at previous meetings. Such accounts, however, provide more than a convenient record. Minutes also represent necessary legal documents. In many states the law governing nonprofit corporations requires minutes be kept of board of directors meetings, ...