Re: E-M:/ Board of Directors vs. Steering Committee

[Rane L Curl <ranecurl@umich.edu>]

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Enviro-Mich message from Rane L Curl <ranecurl@umich.edu>
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If it's incorporated it requires a board of directors. Otherwise it is 
just an association of like-minded individuals and you can do what you 
like in regard to organization.

--Rane L Curl

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Doug Welker wrote:

> Perhaps someone out there can answer this.
>
> I'm on the steering committee of a local environmental organization, FOLK
> (Friends of the Land of Keweenaw).  The organization started around 1990 as
> a response to a proposed paper mill on Keweenaw Bay.  We began by
> establishing a steering committee, but no board of directors.  In reviewing
> our bylaws recently, the question came up as to whether we would be better
> off with a board of directors instead.  Does anyone know the practical or
> legal differences between the two?


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