[Ares-races] A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR NONPROFIT CORPORATION VOLUNTEERS

[Jim Larsen - AL7FS]

Many of you may find this website of interest.  While geared to Alaska, it 
gives a good idea of many important issues to consider.

73, Jim, AL7FS
-- 
Jim Larsen
President, Anchorage ARC
http://www.AL7FS.us/
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A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR NONPROFIT CORPORATION VOLUNTEERS

or

What to Do Till the Lawyer Comes

Seventh Edition
(Rev. June 19, 2004)

by

James D. DeWitt
©1992, 1995-2004 Guess & Rudd P.C.
All Rights Reserved

The Seventh Edition of the Handbook is again dedicated to the late Dominic A. 
LaRusso, scholar, teacher, mentor and friend. We miss you. Mind the shadows.

DISCLAIMER
This manual is not legal advice and is not a substitute for legal or risk 
management advice. You should obtain competent legal or risk management advice 
on anything discussed in this manual and not rely upon the explanations of the 
law and risk management set out in these materials. These materials are 
intended solely to help you determine when to seek professional advice. While 
every effort has been made to make these materials as accurate as possible, 
the matters discussed here are complex and these materials are necessarily 
simplistic and incomplete. The author will not be responsible for any errors.

Under no circumstances will the author of this Handbook or his law firm be 
liable to any person for any bad thing that may happen because a reader 
disregarded this warning.
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Table of Contents

         Recent Updates and Changes
         Preface and Ordering Copies
         Introduction

         Part I - The Legal Landscape of Volunteers and Nonprofit Corporations

             Chapter 1. Should You Be Worried?
             Chapter 2. Introduction, Limits and Cautions: A Legal Short Course
             Chapter 3. Tort Liability

                     (a) Alaska Statutory Tort Immunity
                     (b) Federal Statutory Immunity

             Chapter 4. Contract Liability
             Chapter 5. Tax Laws and Other Government Regulation

                     (a) Restrictions on fund-raising
                     (b) Restrictions on Uses of Funds
                     (c) Reporting Requirements and Tax Returns

             Chapter 6. Private Foundations
             Chapter 7. Nonprofit Corporate Law
             Chapter 8. Damages and Related Issues

         Part II Risk Management

             Chapter 1. Volunteer Screening and Placement
             Chapter 2. Education
             Chapter 3. Reviews and Evaluations
             Chapter 4. Insurance
             Chapter 5. Statutory and Contractual Protection
             Chapter 6. Alternative dispute resolution
             Chapter 7. Practical Guidelines for Directors
             Chapter 8. Additional issues
             Chapter 9. So Should You Be Worried?

         Part III Creating. Maintaining and Ending a Nonprofit Corporation

             Chapter 1. In General

                 (a) Determining Whether to Incorporate
                 (b) Selecting the Nonprofit Corporate Structure

             Chapter 2. Obtaining a Certificate of Incorporation
             Chapter 3. Implementing the Nonprofit Corporation
             Chapter 4. Nonprofit Corporate Bylaws
             Chapter 5. Tax Exempt and Charitable Organization Status
             Chapter 6. Maintaining and Ending a Nonprofit Corporation

         Part IV Supplemental Materials

             Additional Reading
             Volunteer Insurance Carriers
             Charitable Organization Registration Form
             Useful Resources on the Internet
             Glossary
             Table of Abbreviations
             Credits