Board Basics
Muttart Foundation: Board Development Workbook Series muttart.org/workbooks.htm
The Foundation has published or co-published workbooks to help charitable agencies examine their methods of operation and different ways of doing business.
- Board Building: Recruiting and Developing Effective Board Members for Not-for-Profit Organizations.
- Drafting and Revising Bylaws.
- Developing Job Descriptions for Board Members of Non-Profit Organizations.
- Hiring and Performance Appraisal of the Executive Director.
- Financial Responsibilities of Not-for-Profit Boards.
Centre for Sport and Law sportlaw.ca/writings.php
Provides legal services and risk management resources to the Canadian sport community. A series of excellent articles explaining legal concepts in plain language.
Documents:
Directors’ Liability: A Discussion Paper on Legal Liability, Risk Management and the Role Of Directors in Non-Profit Organizations by Volunteer Canada
volunteer.ca/files/LiabilityEng.pdf
Volunteers and the Law by People’s Law School
http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/snapfiles/Volunteers__the_Law_book.pdf
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