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Is Your Organization On The IRS’ Naughty List? Here’s How You Can Find Out…

Fri, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
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Diamonds may be forever, but not tax exempt status. Each year, the Internal Revenue Service automatically revokes an organization’s tax exempt status for failing to file a Form 990-series return or notice for three consecutive years. According to the IRS’ records, 41,479 organizations had their exempt status automatically revoked in 2015 and yes, some of those
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“Crudely Worded Criticism” Brings Court Case To A Close (for now)

Thu, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 190
It has been just over eight months since we last examined the court battle between the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) and their former principal oboist, Pierre Roy. After losing an arbitration over his dismissal, Roy sought to overturn the decision in federal court but according to an article by Dan Herbeck in the 2/16/2016 edition of the The Buffalo News, the judge refused to overturn the decision.
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This Is How I Get Things Done

Wed, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
How I Get Things Done
Lifehacker.com has a long running feature titled “How I Work” and it routinely produces some fascinating content focusing mostly on creatives and tech professionals. That’s great, but wouldn’t it be nice to have something along the same lines but about arts managers? Well today’s your lucky day! Over at ArtsHacker.com, we kicked off the first of
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So Far, It’s Still All About Millennials

Tue, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
Millennials
Early results from this year’s reader segmentation survey indicate that Millennial readers continue to comprise the majority of overall Adaptistration readers. Based on the nearly 150 replies at the time this article was written, Millennial readers comprise a slightly higher percentage of overall readers compared to last year’s survey. Having said that, there are some
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Avoiding Lawyer-Director Bear Traps

Mon, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 157
There’s a superb post today at ArtsHacker, written by Joe Patti that examines problems that regularly fly under the radar related to board members who are also attorneys. The lawyer may be faced with serving dual conflicting roles, one as a lawyer providing legal advice and the other as a director with a duty to
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