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I was president of the board for a small non-profit organization and somewhat disagree - you probably don't need to enforce all the formality but it's still a g
by smoyer 4y ago
I was president of the board for a small non-profit organization and somewhat disagree - you probably don't need to enforce all the formality but it's still a good way to make sure things are done in an orderly fashion. Having motions, second and votes is also useful to the board secretary as it's easy to get the important parts in the minutes. I didn't generally hand off the "floor" and I instead let the conversation flow. As a non-profit, some things do require formal votes and tallies.
- ghaff 4y agoI'm on the board of a small non-profit and was the chair for a long time. Normally we let discussion flow and there's often consensus at the end or a couple people might mildly disagree about something. However, we have had situations over the years where it really mattered whether there was quorum, how an emergency meeting could be called, the scope of authority of the executive board, whether phone/write-in/proxy votes counted, etc. Formal procedures often don't matter--but sometimes they do.