All nonprofits are legally required to keep a set of corporate records. Nonprofits store those records in a “Minute Book”.
Historically, Minute Books were large and fancy looking three ring binders. Inside the binder would be many tabs (manila coloured pages that act as page separators with small protrusions - large enough to write about one word - that stick out from the rest of the papers in the binder), each with a different category of documents named on the tab. Behind each tab would be the paper records that fit within the category of the applicable tab.
Common tabs, or categories, include:
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Incorporation documents,
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Bylaws,
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Director resolutions and meeting minutes,
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Shareholder resolutions and meeting minutes,
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Register of Directors,
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Register of Officers,
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Register of Members,
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Notices Filed, and
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Important Agreements.