Can a nonprofit board vote by email in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire's nonprofit chapter, RSA 292, has no section on boards acting without a meeting that we could find. What that means for an email vote.
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Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma's General Corporation Act lets a board act if all members consent in writing or by electronic transmission. What section 1027(F) says.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in North Dakota?
Yes. North Dakota lets directors act by written action signed or consented to by authenticated electronic communication. N.D.C.C. 10-33-43.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Alaska?
Only by a consent in writing signed by all of the directors. What Alaska Statutes 10.20.695 says about nonprofit boards acting without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in New Mexico?
Only by a consent in writing signed by all of the directors. What New Mexico's Nonprofit Corporation Act, section 53-8-97, says.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Rhode Island?
Only by a consent in writing signed by all of the directors. What Rhode Island General Laws 7-6-104 says, and what it leaves open about email.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in South Dakota?
Only if all directors sign a written consent. South Dakota allows it to be sent by email if your articles or bylaws permit. SDCL 47-23-6.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Arkansas?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Ark. Code 4-33-821 requires for an Arkansas nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Wyoming?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Wyo. Stat. 17-19-821 requires for a Wyoming nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Kentucky?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What KRS 273.375 requires for a Kentucky nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Mississippi?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Miss. Code 79-11-257 requires for a Mississippi nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
PTO officer handover: a checklist for the new board
A handover checklist for outgoing and incoming PTO officers: bank signers, the IRS filing, logins, records and the calendar, with who does what.
PTO quorum: how many members do you need to vote?
A PTO's quorum is set by its bylaws. How to find yours, what to do if the bylaws are silent, and what you can do at a meeting without one.
PTO meeting minutes: a template you can copy
A PTO or PTA meeting minutes template: attendance, the treasurer's numbers, each motion and vote, and the action items. What to leave out.
Remote and hybrid board meetings: what state law asks
State laws let nonprofit directors attend by phone or video if participants can communicate with each other. What four states say, and hybrid tips.
Should an AI note-taker join your board meeting?
An AI note-taker gives a board a transcript it may not want. The risks, the cases where it is fine, and a safer way to get draft minutes.
A one-page AI policy for a nonprofit board
A one-page AI policy a nonprofit board can adopt: which tools are allowed, what never goes into them, who reviews the output, and meeting recordings.
D&O insurance for a nonprofit: do you need it?
What directors and officers insurance does for a nonprofit board, how it relates to indemnification, and eight questions to ask at renewal.
A plain-English glossary of board terms
Plain-English definitions of the terms a new nonprofit board member hears: quorum, consent agenda, executive session, fiduciary duty and more.
Switching board portals: a migration checklist
A checklist for moving a nonprofit board from one portal to another: what to export, what to leave behind, and how to tell the directors.
The board's year: a month-by-month calendar
What a nonprofit board has to do each year, laid out month by month for a calendar-year organization: budget, Form 990, evaluations and elections.
A board member has stopped showing up: what to do
When a director keeps missing meetings: read the bylaws, have the chair call, offer a way out, and follow the removal rules exactly if it comes to that.
Committee meetings: charters, minutes and reporting up
How a nonprofit board committee should work: a one-page charter, short minutes, and a report to the board that says what it recommends.
Executive session minutes: what to record
What goes in the minutes when a nonprofit board meets in executive session: one line in the regular minutes, and a separate confidential record.
Annual conflict-of-interest disclosures: form and process
A conflict-of-interest disclosure form for nonprofit board members, how to collect it every year, and what Form 990 asks about it.
Treasurer's report to the board: a template
A one-page treasurer's report template for a nonprofit board: cash, budget against actual, what changed, and what the board needs to decide.
ED and board chair check-in: a 30-minute agenda
A 30-minute agenda for the regular check-in between an executive director and the board chair, with six items and the rules that keep it useful.
A new board member's first 30 days
What a new nonprofit board member should read, sign and ask in the first 30 days, and what the organization should send before the first meeting.
New board secretary: what the job involves
A new nonprofit board secretary keeps the minutes, the notices and the records. What to collect in week one and what to do around each meeting.
Robert's Rules for a small board: the eight motions
A small nonprofit board needs about eight motions from Robert's Rules. What to say for each, whether it needs a second, and the vote it takes.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Massachusetts?
Only by unanimous written consent. What one Massachusetts law firm says about email votes, and why one missing reply means no action.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Maine?
With no members, Maine treats a majority's agreement outside a meeting as board action if every director knows and none objects. 13-B M.R.S. 708.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Kansas?
Yes. Kansas lets a board act if all members consent in writing or by electronic transmission. How K.S.A. 17-6301(f) applies to nonprofits.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Maryland?
Yes. Maryland lets a board act by unanimous consent given in writing or by electronic transmission and filed with the minutes.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Alabama?
Only if each director signs a consent in a record and delivers it to the corporation. What Alabama Code 10A-3A-8.21 requires.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Iowa?
Only if each director signs a consent and delivers it to the corporation. What Iowa Code 504.822 requires of an Iowa nonprofit board.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Louisiana?
Only by a consent in writing signed by all directors and filed with the board's records. What Louisiana R.S. 12:224 says.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Indiana?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Indiana Code 23-17-15-2 requires for an Indiana nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in New Jersey?
Only if all trustees consent in writing and the consents are filed with the minutes. What N.J.S.A. 15A:6-7 requires of a New Jersey nonprofit board.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Tennessee?
Only if every director signs a consent to acting without a meeting. How Tennessee Code 48-58-202 works, and where the usual vote count comes in.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Colorado?
By a noticed written vote. Colorado lets a board act without a meeting if enough directors vote yes in writing and none demands a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Nevada?
By written consent signed by a majority of the board, unless your articles or bylaws restrict it. What NRS 82.271 says, and what it leaves open.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Georgia?
Yes. Georgia allows consents in writing or by electronic transmission, from all directors unless your articles or bylaws specifically permit fewer.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Delaware?
Yes. Delaware lets a board act if all members consent in writing or by electronic transmission. How 8 Del. C. 141(f) applies to nonstock corporations.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Utah?
Yes. Utah lets directors act in writing, by all of them or by a noticed written vote, and communications may be sent electronically. Utah Code 16-6a-813.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Connecticut?
Only if each director signs a consent and delivers it to the corporation. What Connecticut General Statutes 33-1097 requires of a nonprofit board.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Pennsylvania?
Only if all directors in office sign consents in record form. What 15 Pa.C.S. 5727(b) requires of a Pennsylvania nonprofit board.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Washington?
Only if each director entitled to vote executes a consent, all within sixty days. What RCW 24.03A.570 requires of a Washington nonprofit board.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Virginia?
Only if each director signs a consent, unless your articles allow fewer. What Virginia Code 13.1-865 requires, and the version effective in 2027.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Wisconsin?
Yes. Wisconsin's statute counts electronic communication as writing. All directors must consent, or two-thirds if your articles or bylaws say so.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Minnesota?
Yes. Minnesota lets directors act by written action signed or consented to by authenticated electronic communication. What 317A.239 requires.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Oregon?
Yes. Oregon has a statute for board votes by email: ORS 65.343 lets a majority of directors in office act after an emailed notice of at least 48 hours.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Arizona?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What A.R.S. 10-3821 requires for an Arizona nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Hawaii?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What HRS 414D-144 requires for a Hawaii nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Idaho?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Idaho Code 30-30-613 requires for an Idaho nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Montana?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What MCA 35-2-428 requires for a Montana nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Vermont?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What 11B V.S.A. 8.21 requires for a Vermont nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in West Virginia?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What W. Va. Code 31E-8-821 requires for a West Virginia nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Nebraska?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-1981 requires for a Nebraska nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in South Carolina?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What S.C. Code 33-31-821 requires for a South Carolina nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Missouri?
Only if every director signs a written consent. What RSMo 355.381 requires for a Missouri nonprofit board to act without a meeting.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Michigan?
Yes. Michigan lets a nonprofit board act if all directors in office consent in writing or by electronic transmission. What MCL 450.2525 says.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in North Carolina?
Yes. North Carolina lets a board act by unanimous consent, and G.S. 55A-8-21 says a director's consent may be electronic. What it requires.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Ohio?
Only if every director signs. Ohio Revised Code 1702.25 lets directors act without a meeting unless the articles or regulations prohibit it.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Illinois?
Only if every director approves in writing. What 805 ILCS 105/108.45 requires for a nonprofit board to act without a meeting in Illinois.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Florida?
Only if every director signs a written consent. Florida Statutes 617.0821 sets the default, and your articles or bylaws can change it.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in Texas?
By signed written consent, which in Texas need not be unanimous if your certificate of formation or bylaws say so. What section 22.220 requires.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in New York?
Yes. New York lets a nonprofit board act by unanimous consent, and N-PCL 708(b) says the consent may be electronic. What the email has to show.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email in California?
Only if every director consents in writing. California doesn't allow a majority vote by email. What Corporations Code 5211(b) requires.
Is a board portal worth it for a quarterly board?
For a board that meets four times a year, a paid portal may not be worth it yet. What it costs per meeting, and the four signs that change the answer.
Board software for small nonprofits: an honest shortlist
Five board portals a small nonprofit should look at, when free tools are enough, and when not to pick Karma Compass.
Diligent Boards alternatives for nonprofits
Diligent Boards is priced by quote. Five alternatives for a nonprofit board, including Diligent's own BoardEffect.
OnBoard alternatives for nonprofit boards
Alternatives to OnBoard for a nonprofit board: Karma Compass, Boardable, BoardPro and BoardEffect, with published prices and who each one suits.
BoardEffect alternatives for nonprofit boards
Four alternatives to BoardEffect for a nonprofit board, with the prices that are published, who each one suits, and when BoardEffect is the right call.
Boardable alternatives for nonprofit boards
Four alternatives to Boardable for a nonprofit board: each vendor's published price, who it suits, and when staying with Boardable makes sense.
Board portal pricing in 2026: what nonprofits pay
Board portals are priced per user, per board, flat, or by quote. The prices three vendors publish, what a ten-person board pays, and what to ask.
Why board members don't read the board packet
Directors skip the packet when it is long, late, hard to open, or unclear about what they are being asked. Six changes that get it read.
Board meeting preparation: a six-week timeline
A week-by-week timeline for a nonprofit board meeting: four weeks of preparation, the meeting, and two weeks of follow-up, with who does what.
Can a nonprofit board vote by email?
Only if your bylaws and state law let the board act without a meeting. Most states need every director's written consent. Texas lets bylaws allow fewer.
Unanimous written consent for a nonprofit board
Unanimous written consent lets a nonprofit board act without a meeting if every director signs. What to put in the consent, a sample, and how to file it.
What is a quorum for a nonprofit board?
A quorum is the minimum number of directors present for the board to act. Bylaws set it within state limits. The rules in CA, NY, TX and FL.
Who approves board meeting minutes?
The board approves its own minutes, usually at the next meeting, after corrections. What state law and the IRS ask for, and the steps.
Running a nonprofit board from Microsoft 365
How to set up Teams and SharePoint for a nonprofit board: one team, directors as guests, a folder layout and the packet. Plus where it falls short.
Board action items that survive to the next meeting
Board action items get done when each has one owner, a date, and someone who follows up between meetings. How to write them and a follow-up rhythm.
Consent agenda: a template and what belongs on it
A consent agenda passes routine items in one vote. Copy the template, then see what to keep off it and how a director pulls an item.
Board meeting minutes: what to leave out
Minutes record what the board did. Leave out who said what, opinions and side discussions. A before-and-after example, and when more detail helps.
What happens when a board meeting has no quorum?
Without a quorum a board can talk but can't decide. What you can still do that night, what to write in the minutes, and how to fix it at the next meeting.
Can we use ChatGPT or Claude for board minutes?
Yes, with three conditions: the right account, notes in place of a recording, and a secretary who reviews the draft. Plus a prompt you can copy.
Running a nonprofit board from Google Drive
How to set up Google Drive for a nonprofit board: one shared drive, a folder layout, permissions and the packet. Plus five places Drive falls short.
Executive director's report to the board: a template
A one-page executive director report template for nonprofit boards, with a filled-in example and three questions that get directors to read it.
Waypoint #5: QuickBooks in Karma Compass, and what's next
Karma Compass now shows QuickBooks revenue, expenses and cash on Mission Control (Compass Organization), and each meeting says what's next
Board Portal Renewal Coming Up? Ask These Questions First
Paying for BoardEffect or Diligent while directors never log in? Here's what to check before your board portal renewal, and a no-login alternative.
Waypoint #4: Karma Compass in Slack, plus committees
Karma Compass now works in Slack, so members can ask questions, RSVP and mark reminders finished from Slack. Committees also get their own meetings
Waypoint #3: Run your board's work from Claude or ChatGPT
Karma Compass now works as a connector in Claude and ChatGPT, so you can run your board's work from the assistant you already use.
Introducing Board Check: How well rounded is your nonprofit board
Meet Board Check, our free tool for mapping your nonprofit board’s contributions, exploring gaps, and planning your next board appointment.
Waypoint #2: Karma Compass Takes a Board Meeting from Agenda to Adopted Minutes
Karma Compass now takes a board meeting from a timeline agenda to adopted minutes, on one page, with one action list for the whole board.
Playbooks in Karma Compass: Board Prep, Agenda Drafts and Follow-Up for Nonprofits
Playbooks in Karma Compass draft your board agenda, carry forward open action items and prior minutes, and send reminders. You review it all first.
Waypoint #1: What's New in Karma Compass, Board Management Software for Nonprofits
Waypoint #1: ask your board packet questions without signing in, monthly IRS and state filings checks, shared action items, drafted follow-ups, and agendas pasted straight from a PDF.
Introducing Karma Compass
We are excited to launch AI board assistant for nonprofits.