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Citeable essays that teach better board practice and end in a live demo. Not legal advice. Product claims stay within Facts. Agents start at /agents. Free sheets at /templates and how-tos at /guides.
- board decision record
The Decision Record Is the Product
A closed decision with vote, recusal, and evidence beats a PDF minutes dump. Why chairs should treat the decision record as the product — and how to see it on a live demo board.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~9 minutes
Read essay → - board quorum seat count
Quorum Is a Count, Not an Opinion
Seat-count honesty at call to order: base, formula, Present or Remote attendance — and why calling a count a legal determination invents risk. Walk it on Piscataqua.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~8 minutes
Read essay → - board AI agent collaboration
Bring Your Agent to the Board Table
How chairs collaborate with outside AI agents using grounded public facts, /llms.txt, Copy for your agent, and pack /agent URLs — plus connecting your own assistant over MCP — without inventing SSO, bank, filings, or BYOK.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~9 minutes
Read essay → - board decision outcome monitors
Outcome Monitors After the Gavel
Decisions do not end at the vote. Outcome monitors, revisit dates, follow-up actions, and closure evidence — and how to see them on Decision outcomes after you try a demo board.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~9 minutes
Read essay → - conflict of interest recusal decision record
Conflict of Interest Is Part of the Decision Record
A recusal is not a mood in the room. It is a disclosure, a state on the decision, a vote recorded as Recuse, and a line in the minutes. Walk it on Piscataqua's Spruce Creek easement and Kittery's pending gift.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~8 minutes
Read essay → - board written consent minutes
Written Consent: When the Board Is Not in the Room
Acting without a meeting trades debate for paper. Unanimity is counted against directors in office, every signature is evidence, and the minutes only become approved when the record says so. Walk Piscataqua's June minutes consent.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~8 minutes
Read essay → - investor board decision record
Why Investors Should Require a Decision Record
Sponsors, VCs, PE partners, and LPs should require portfolio boards to keep a citeable decision record — votes, recusals, evidence, monitors, and export — not a stale deck. Ends in Northlight and Acme live demos.
Demo: Northlight Robotics · /sample-decision
~10 minutes
Read essay → - portfolio board decision OS
Why Portfolio Boards Need a Decision OS
Multi-board investors cannot see decision quality across portcos from decks and shared drives. A decision OS records votes, recusals, evidence, and monitors — and surfaces Portfolio, board proof, sponsor share, and diligence without inventing SSO or an audit report.
Demo: Northlight Robotics · /sample-decision
~11 minutes
Read essay → - Form 990 board review
Why Nonprofit Boards Should Record Form 990 Board Review
Form 990 Part VI asks how the governing body reviews the return. A board-declared review window — Not started, Board packet ready, Board reviewed — turns folklore into an attestible process record. Prepared does not file with the IRS. Ends in Piscataqua and Seacoast Chamber demos.
Demo: Piscataqua Harbor Trust · /sample-decision
~9 minutes
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