[Foundation-l] Future Board election procedures and guidelines

[Ray Saintonge]

Alison Wheeler wrote:

>On Tue, July 17, 2007 06:26, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
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>>As an afterthought; rather than allow simultaneus roles of employee and
>>trustee, it
>>would be far preferable to give the trustee an outright honorarium.
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>If a Board member was to receive an honorarium then it would be contrary
>to the law in many countries (eg. UK). The fact of being on the board of a
>non-profit is that latter bit - *non*-profit.
>
It's not always the case that a Trustee is prevented from receiving a 
fair salary for work done.  Some places make a specific exclusion for that.

Nevertheless, even where it is legally allowed, the by-laws may provide 
differently.  Where a non-profit allows it the gap in perceptions can 
widen very quickly.

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