Mark your calendar for the WSAE 2010 Educational Conference, Sept. 15 at Wilderness - Glacier Canyon Lodge & Conference Center. 

Team building activities and networking fun will take place on Tuesday the 14th from 5 to 7 p.m.  Register in advance for the zip line canopy tour, mini golf or go cart track.

 

A special welcome wine and cheese reception with cash bar will be hosted by the Wilderness Resort and the WI Dells Visitor and Convention Bureau from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening.

 

On Wednesday, get ready for a full day of general sessions and breakout discussions based on the "7 Measures of Success."  The take away is on what remarkable associations and companies do that others don't with key characteristics between "Good" organizations and "Great" oranizations. Earn up to 6 hours of CAE credit!

 

For accommodstions, call 1-800-867-WILD (9453) and ask for block #198847 at Glacier Canyon Lodge to get your special $89 guestroom rate. Make your reservation by Aug. 20, 2010.

 

Register today! 

Join us for Happy Hour and Concerts on the Square in Madison 

 

WSAE staff invite you to experience a summer evening on Wisconsin's Capitol Square. We'll start with a happy hour gathering at Coopers Tavern on Mifflin Street - near the top of State Street and kiddy-korner from the WSAE office. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Later, walk across the street to the Capitol lawn and enjoy one of Madison's most loved summer traditions: Concerts on the Square.

We're looking forward to sharing the sites and sounds of the Capitol Square with you - a fantastic way to spend a summer evening in Madison!

 

 

 

I'm looking for a resource that would enable us to host a simple webinar - basically just want to be able to run a power point and have conversation via a conference call. Any recommendations for me?

How do you find the right balance between a board that is constantly looking over your shoulder and a board that is AWOL and is never engaged.

 

We are in the process of revising/adding to our current policies and guidelines.  If anyone is willing to share a listing of your association policies, please e-mail me. Specifically, we are interested in volunteer management policies and guidelines on how to release committee volunteers.

 

Wondering if other association publishing professionals have joined education and networking groups such as Association Media and Publishing or if anyone can recommend other organizations or e-groups that can give me a boost. Alternatively, would any publishing gurus be interested in developing a community here online to share ideas and examples of their work? -perhaps meeting face-to-face occasionally for a publishing "roundtable?"

 

We all have event horror stories. Let's have some fun and share some of them (while being sensitive to the make-up of our community).

 

We are planning to send a letter to each of our employees at the beginning of each new fiscal year thanking them for all of their work for members of the association, and listing their salary and benefits (not explaining each benefit in detail, but rather quantifying the cost/value of the benefits).  Does anyone have a good model or template for such a letter they would be willing to share?

 

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According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a well-governed charity is more likely to obey the tax laws, safeguard charitable assets and serve charitable interests, than one with poor or lax governance. An organization that has a defined purpose, strong governing body and management team, and sound management practices, is more likely to serve the public and maintain compliance with tax filings. With the IRS' attention focused on governance, as well as the new governance section of Form 990, organizational controls, policies, and procedures are now falling into the spotlight. Charities should keep this in mind in developing initiatives.

 

In December 2009, the IRS issued Form 14114, a Governance Check Sheet, which is completed by the IRS when a charity is under audit. Clifton Gunderson's Best Practices for Not-for-Profit Corporate Governance: Insights into IRS Form 14114, Governance Check Sheet outlines the major sections of this check sheet, including governing body and management, compensation, organizational control, conflict of interest, financial oversight and document retention.