Call to Action: Oppose Paid Board Members

Dear Nonprofit Members & Devoted Board Members, We're calling on our members to  TAKE ACTION today! ISSUE: The Attorney General's Nonprofit Reform Bills (S-5198A/A-7337) are being finalized over today and over the weekend for introduction and likely passage next week.  They are to go into effect on July 1, 2014. NYCON's POSITION The AG continues to support the harmful practice of having paid, voting board members on nonprofit boards. Paid board members are the single greatest source of conflicts of interests for charities and one that seriously threatens the integrity of and public confidence in our sector.     Excellent board leadership includes board members"giving and getting" resources for mission, not"making and taking" them for private gain. The AG's endorsement of paying board members means that these types of conflicts of interests will continue to occur and plague us.   The inevitable result will be the emergence of more harmful public scandals that tarnish the good work of the over 99% of charities that believe in and practice volunteer board leadership. NYCON believes that the opportunity is right now to stop it at its source! ACTION REQUESTED- CALL TODAY! We urge staff, board leaders, donors, volunteers and all who care about protecting the ethical integrity of our state's charities to call today and Monday at the latest,  the offices of Michael H. Ranzenhofer and   James Brennan  the Bill Sponsors, to voice your support for amending the proposed Bill to prohibit compensated board members. Tell them that true reform means taking solving the problem not adding new, complex regulations trying to manage it. *A revised bill will be submitted early next week, so please, call and make your case. Both offices are well aware of NYCON's position, so even calling and stating your support for NYCON's case against this bill is a step in the right direction! PLEASE CALL TODAY!  Michael Ranzenhofer Albany Office Phone:(518) 455-3161 Regional Office: (716) 631-8695                           (585) 454-0322 James Brennan Albany Office: (518) 455-5377 Regional Office: (718)-940-0641                          (718) 788-7221                          There are other options out there, if we're going to do this, then let's do it right! NYCON fully supports  Senator Marcellino and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin who have both introduced Bills that would end compensated board members! Check out this bill here.              Sincerely,            Doug Sauer, CEO            New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc. (NYCON) Learn More on NYCON's Position   [Watch it Now] Public Hearing: To examine the re-codification of New York State's not-for-profit corporation law in an effort to reduce unnecessary burdens on nonprofits and to enhance nonprofit governance and oversight Changing the Nonprofit Corp Law in NY: Let's Try to Get it Right the First Time...  Understand  the Legislation   A.G. Schneiderman, Senate And Assembly Committee Chairs Propose Groundbreaking Legislation To Reform New York's Charities Laws    Contact Us ! Its up to the nonprofits of New York to educate policy makers, and this is your chance to do so today! Tell these offices you support NYCON's case against compensated board members! Send us Your Feedback! Proud Member of  the National Council of Nonprofits