Legal Governance Challenges for Associations During a Pandemic 

Free Webinar Hosted by Association Societies Alliance (ASA)

Plus, participate in our FSAE YEP Virtual Event - Virtual Food Drive - info below

Speaker: Jeff Tenenbaum, Tenenbaum Law Group

1 Hour

FSAE invites you to join a free webinar on Wednesday, May 13 at 2:00 pm ET, hosted by Association Societies Alliance (ASA), to help you navigate governance challenges for your association. Where do you find these answers, what are practical and workable solutions to these significant challenges, and what will constitute compliance with the law and your own governing documents? This webinar will answer these questions, as well as others such as:

• If our bylaws require an annual membership meeting and we have cancelled our annual conference, can this requirement be waived?
• If we can’t hold our annual membership meeting in person – to hold board elections or otherwise – can we hold it virtually? Alternatively, can members vote by email?
• I heard that New York’s Governor recently signed an executive order to allow membership meetings for New York not-for-profit corporations to be held “remotely or by electronic means.” Have other states’ Governors signed similar orders and are they necessary?
• I heard that some states’ nonprofit corporate statutes only allow more permissive electronic or virtual meeting structures if codified in your articles of incorporation. If that is not the case already, how can we make such a change?
• What happens if we don’t follow a mandate or procedure dictated by state law or our own bylaws? What are the potential consequences?
• I know that our board can meet by audio- or videoconference with the same legal effect as an in-person meeting, but can board members vote by proxy or by email ballot, particularly during the current pandemic?
• Bonus: What is the potential liability to the association as we begin to return to some version of “business as usual” over the coming months and get back together for in-person meetings or events?

As membership and board governance issues are so critical to the healthy functioning of an association – and as this is a very complex, nuanced area of the law, and one that varies from state to state – this is an important webinar that promises to offer real-time, practical advice and guidance, best practices, and suggestions for avoiding pitfalls.

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VIRTUAL EVENT - VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE
Hosted by the FSAE Young & Emerging Professionals Committee

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