March 2002

National Edition

Editor: Wayne Amundson  
AXI NEWS

Edmonton-based Consultant Named an Associate of AXI

90 Attend B.C. Privacy Session:  Saskatchewan sessions planned

AXI to exhibit at Vitalize 2002

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Current Issues

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Dues Reduction

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FEATURE

Association Reserves Are Too Low

....according to a survey of 230 associations and NPOs

The surprisingly low level of reserves reported by a substantial percentage of associations was one interesting result. However, a number of associations and other NPOs may also be paying too much for their audit fees and Directors and Officers Insurance.  [FULL STORY]

VIEWPOINT

It may be painful….but is it deserved?

AXI president Wayne Amundson asks whether the pain suffered by organizations that stumble in the public spotlight is deserved...  [FULL STORY]

ASSOCIATE COLUMN
Directors' Expectations

Carol Humphries

Associate, Association Xpertise Inc. 

Picture this….it’s a Tuesday evening and the Board of Directors has finally found a time to meet together for its annual orientation. You are one of four new directors who are attending the orientation to being on this Board.  [FULL STORY]

GUEST COLUMN

What Exactly IS the Board's Job?

Nathan Garber

Editor-in-Chief, Nonprofit Boards and Governance Review

Nathan Garber suggests that the line between the respective roles of the Board and staff is not so clear...  [FULL STORY]

GUEST COLUMN

Information Retention Guidelines for Associations

Roslyn Chambers and Donna Jean MacKinnon

Association of Records Managers and Administrators – Vancouver Chapter

Organizations of all kinds collect and create records in the course of carrying out their business, but when it comes time to get rid of these records, the procedures are less than clear. Depending on the risk-taking personality of the manager, an organization will either go through an occasional wholesale destruction of records or else stash them indefinitely, uncertain about how to manage them or when to get rid of them. [FULL STORY]

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