CF Board Relations and Governance Exchange

Happy New Year, all. We are looking to revamp our board chair orientation process for incoming chairs who may have never chaired a (nonprofit or community foundation) board previously. If you have materials and/or a process that you would be willing to ...

Hi Leigh - apologies for not responding sooner. We do not record any meetings as advised by legal counsel. We are also extremely cautious how we use AI. I hope this is helpful to you. Best, Aileen Aileen Rogers | Senior Relationships Officer ...

Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone had any additional information with regards to recording Board & Committee meetings. It would great to hear how you are all managing and if your practices have changed. Thanks again, Leigh ------------------------------ ...

Thank you Ashley, this is very helpful. ------------------------------ Leigh Higgins Senior Director of Professional Development and the Executive Office The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven ------------------------------

Hi Leigh, We have been advised by our legal counsel to not record or use AI for board meetings. We have moved towards a much more limited approach to what we are capturing in our minutes, focusing on high level topics, decisions, and/or ...

Hello everyone, Our Governance Committee has been discussing the recording of board & committee meetings and the concerns of Zoom or AI recording to the cloud and confidentiality. As a result, we have stopped all recordings, and I am taking notes ...

Hi All, Have any of you amended your scholarship application language regarding "preferences for" (as in gender or race) for scholarships after Executive Order 14173? The specific language in the EO that we are wondering about is "I further order all ...

Good morning! Attached is our board policy. Sara Graef , CAP ...

We do not, however, our research staff searches social media and the web to see if there are any flags. We had a nominee once who had been publicly accused of spousal abuse. Thankfully, this was caught during our quiet vetting process (news article), ...