Ep 19 Your Founding Document
Does your Constitution allow us to do that? The room goes quiet. The Secretary starts hunting around in the shared drive. This episode begins the Documents Done Right series with the most important document your organisation has — what a Constitution is, what must be in it, and why one size definitely does not fit all.
Ep 18 Your Questions Answered 2!
More questions, more answers, more governance reality from the committee room floor. This episode tackles what to do when a committee member keeps talking out of school, what happens when a manager goes rogue, and how to know whether the committee you’re on is actually the right one for you…
Ep 17 When Members Call the Meeting
A requisition arrives on the Secretary’s desk. Twenty-two members want a Special General Meeting. The President’s first instinct is to ignore it. The Secretary’s first instinct is to panic. Neither is the right move. This episode covers what an SGM is, when it can be called, and how to handle one well.
Ep 16 The Big Night
Every organisation gets one performance a year. The Annual General Meeting is it — and there are no understudies, no second chances, and the curtain goes up whether you’re ready or not. This episode covers what it takes to make your AGM a night worth showing up for.
Ep 15 Writing it Down
The minutes are the legal record of your organisation’s decisions. If they’re not good enough to settle a disagreement three months later, they’re not good enough. This episode covers what goes in a proper set of minutes, what doesn’t, and why “the committee discussed the matter” is never an acceptable entry.
Ep 14 Making the Call
Deferring is a decision too — and it’s usually the worst one available. This episode covers why committees keep putting off decisions they should already have made, how to tell legitimate deferral from avoidance, and the five principles that make a committee decision responsible, defensible and done.