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[law, organizational culture, non-profits] Board Cafe - Blue Avocado on meetings by phone

Board Meetings by Phone: Legal? A Good Idea? June 29, 2008 - Board Cafe With gas prices rising and everyone getting busier, more and more board members want to participate in board meetings by telephone. The advantage: more people participate. The disadvantage: there’s a lot lost in human interaction for both the board member and the board-as-a-whole when the meetings aren’t face-to-face. Consider this policy a member can attend by phone only twice per year, and new board members can attend by phone only after they’ve been to at least three meetings in person. Some boards don’t permit participation by phone at all. If you do decide to have some people phoning in to meetings, don’t just use the speakerphone option on a regular phone.Invest in a dedicated speaker phone with “duplex features” so that sound can travel both directions simultaneously and everyone can actually hear. What are the laws on board meetings by conference call? Such matters are regulated by states (not the federal government) but > Read more