Guest Tanya Posted March 25, 2019 at 08:51 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 08:51 PM Who is permitted to attend an AGM for a non-profit? Can it be closed to the public? (there are currently no 'members' as the bylaws need to be adjusted, so it would be just the board of directors at the AGM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:12 PM Well, if you close it to the public, and there are no members, then no one, including the board, can go - if there truly are no members, simply being on the board won't make them honorary members. (You could, of course, close it to the public except the board - although it's unclear who the "you" is in that sentence without any members.) More generally, the only people with the right to attend a meeting are members of the body that is meeting, although the body may allow others as it wishes. Can you explain more about this not having any members thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:40 PM 22 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: Can you explain more about this not having any members thing? It is not uncommon for state nonprofit corporation statutes to allow a corporation to have no members. They must have a board, or course, but may or may not have general members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:42 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 09:42 PM 1 minute ago, Weldon Merritt said: It is not uncommon for state nonprofit corporation statutes to allow a corporation to have no members. They must have a board, or course, but may or may not have general members. Agreed, but the OP here indicated that it was unintentional. Also, would such a corporation hold an AGM if it has no general members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted March 25, 2019 at 10:29 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 10:29 PM 39 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: Agreed, but the OP here indicated that it was unintentional. Also, would such a corporation hold an AGM if it has no general members? I don 't read the OP's question as saying that it was unitentional. He just said that the bylaws need to be adjusted. They may have initially not wanted members, but now do. As for the AGM, he could be referring to an annual meeting of the board, although I agree it probably should not be called an "AGM" if there are no general members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted March 25, 2019 at 10:43 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 at 10:43 PM 1 hour ago, Guest Tanya said: Who is permitted to attend an AGM for a non-profit? Only the members of the non-profit, unless the membership chooses to permit others to attend. 1 hour ago, Guest Tanya said: Can it be closed to the public? Yes. 1 hour ago, Guest Tanya said: (there are currently no 'members' as the bylaws need to be adjusted, so it would be just the board of directors at the AGM) Well, I hope what you mean to say is that there are no members except for the board members. (Or in the alternative, that this is actually a board meeting, in which event only the members of the board may attend, unless the board chooses to permit others to attend.) If there are, in fact, no members at all, that will make holding a membership meeting rather difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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