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New Open Meetings Act notice requirements
Published on April 17, 2013
Michigan’s Open Meetings Act meeting notice requirements have changed. Notices now must be on government websites, emergency meeting notice requirements have also changed. -
Parliamentary procedure: How do you handle a motion?
Published on April 16, 2013
A good first step to ensure effective meetings is to know how to properly handle a motion. -
Parliamentary procedure: What is a motion to rescind?
Published on April 16, 2013
Board members sometimes realize the need to change their mind regarding an issue before them. One method of revisiting a past decision is the motion to rescind. -
Parliamentary procedure: What is a motion to reconsider?
Published on April 16, 2013
Board members sometimes feel the need to change their mind regarding an issue before them. One method of revisiting a past decision is the motion to reconsider. -
Parliamentary procedure: What is a parliamentary authority?
Published on April 16, 2013
Using Robert’s Rules of Order to help build an official parliamentary authority allows groups to run effective meetings and members to feel like a valuable part of the process. -
Community gardens add asset-based community development
Published on April 13, 2013
Many community garden leaders use a “needs” map approach that focuses on the negative. An asset-based approach focuses instead on strengths, which reinforces and multiplies positive effects. -
Highland Park: A community in transition
Published on April 13, 2013
Highland Park shares a similar history to its older, larger neighbor –Detroit. During the early 20th century, the city grew rapidly and the total population peaked in 1930. -
7 benefits of eating local foods
Published on April 13, 2013
Eating locally grown foods has many benefits for the consumer, grower and the community. -
Michigan Local Government Benchmarking Consortium helps lower costs and improve services
Published on April 13, 2013
Organizations that want to improve program effectiveness and efficiency need to manage performance, and to do so, they have to measure it. The measures they choose need to be meaningful and linked to a desired goal, result or benchmark. -
Building a board
Published on April 13, 2013
Addressing the who, what, and how when establishing board members.