Is there a problem? Members of a society or trustees of a charitable trust may be concerned that the entity has “lost its way.” That phrase can apply to a not-for-profit entity in different circumstances and be evidenced in a number of ways: Falling attendances at entity events and meetings, Vocal grumbling amongst the membership […]
Being all things to all people? “There’s nowt so queer as folk” is a phrase (variously attributed to different parts of the British Isles) that reminds us that every individual is different and, even, that some may appear to be irrational. Most community organisations welcome into their fold almost anyone who is interested in their […]
My article, “Winding up a society or charitable trust”, closes with a warning of the officers’ potential liability on liquidation: Society committee members and charitable trustees may be personally liable following liquidation if the entity they have governed has suffered losses caused either by the failure to keep adequate accounting records or by misapplication or […]
According to a Dominion Post report (17 August 2010) a police investigation was instigated after more than $750,000 was drained from Whitireia Polytechnic Students’ Association funds over a 12 month period. An audit report is said to show that huge cash payments were made to former Association executive members, that about $17,000 was spent through […]
The problem – ignorance about the Privacy Act 1993 For many lawyers and other professionals the implications of the Privacy Act 1993 are scarcely “top of mind,” or particularly well-known and well-understood. Briefly, the Privacy Act controls how what are called “agencies” in the Act collect, use, disclose, store and give access to “personal information.” […]
Errors in governance and administration are inevitable, and in voluntary organisations those governing and administering an entity often lack the skills to know what, who, how, and when to do things. Another article, Good Governance of a Society LINK set out some of the potential problems, while other articles in this series have discussed the content […]
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