I was elected to a PFO board last week and attended our first meeting yesterday. I have been on several non-profit boards in the past and therefore THINK that the way this board is doing things is wrong (however it may be ME who is wrong).

Here are some issues I found:
the meeting was never called to order,

the president made statements "I want to vote that we....." and no vote was ever taken for anything!

the president made the secretary add to the minutes that "she" was approved as an additional signer of the checks,

I asked for a copy of the by-laws and was told that they are old and out-dated, and that she will work on getting new ones written

there was talk about the former president being charged with a felony for [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Embezzlement [/FONT]but then in the next sentence she stated that she DOES in fact bring change to fundraising events and will dig into her pockets,

during events, one person is working then transports money to a central location to be counted,

There is not a tracking system for purchases vs merchandise,

the president took notes and the secretary took them to copy for the minutes,

the exec board was not aware of what the non-profit ID was for

the Principal can go to any exec board and ask for money at any time - it isnt brought to a vote, but we will get a text about the check written

I could go on and on - but I seem to be waiving a red flag at joining this board - should I be concerned???

Does anyone have an established meeting minute, treasurers report, by-laws that they would be willing to share? this is my first time with a school and wonder if that is why it is so different than other non-profits that I work with.