conflicts of interest

[Guest concern]

Is it acceptable for a Board member to be employed by that Board to work for the Association and profitand also that Board members family working for the same Board

[Gary Novosielski]

Is it acceptable for a Board member to be employed by that Board to work for the Association and profitand also that Board members family working for the same Board

There's no rule against it in RONR.

[hmtcastle]

Is it acceptable for a Board member to be employed by that Board to work for the Association and profitand also that Board members family working for the same Board

No rule in RONR prohibits it. Your rules may vary.

The best way to keep family members from serving on the board is to elect someone else.

The term "conflict of interest" does not appear in RONR (though RONR does suggest that a member not vote on a question in which he has a direct personal or pecuniary interest not common to other members).

[hmtcastle]

There's no rule against it in RONR.

But maybe this particular organization has a custom?

[Gary Novosielski]

But maybe this particular organization has a custom?

A custom what?

[Guest Guest]

Is it acceptable for a Board member to be employed by that Board to work for the Association and profitand also that Board members family working for the same Board

If you don;t want this to be allowed, then you might consider placing restrictions in the bylaws.

[George Mervosh]

If you don;t want this to be allowed, then you might consider placing restrictions in the bylaws.

Or don't...the chances of the language being clear, concise and encompassing all at the same time - less than zero.

(oh, can't you be slightly more creative in your name? )

[hmtcastle]

can't you be slightly more creative in your name?

[rant]

The problem is that if you don't enter anything in the "Name" field, the system gives you the name of "Guest". I would hope the Administrators would [a] make this a required field and prohibit "Guest" and "guest" as options. There is a frequent responder on this forum who is identified as "Guest" and, at first, I thought he was entering "Guest" as his name, but now I think he's simply not taking the time to enter anything at all.

[/rant]

[Josh Martin]

Or don't...the chances of the language being clear, concise and encompassing all at the same time - less than zero.

It doesn't seem that complicated to make a provision prohibiting employees of the association from serving on the board, and such provisions are fairly common.

I agree that a provision regarding "family members" would be much more difficult to define.

[George Mervosh]

It doesn't seem that complicated to make a provision prohibiting employees of the association from serving on the board, and such provisions are fairly common.

I agree that a provision regarding "family members" would be much more difficult to define.

Josh, if you were writing it for them I wouldn't have posted

[J. J.]

A custom what?

A custom, a usage or practice.

[Gary Novosielski]

A custom, a usage or practice.

Yes? And do they?