A community question
Can we show how a rule was followed?
A community may have a rule but no linked evidence of its use. Connect the rule, decision, approval, and result for review.
The situation
Can we show how a rule was followed?
A board is asked how it followed its stated policy for a decision and must reconstruct the answer from a rulebook, emails and minutes.
The rule and the record of using it are separate, which makes review slow and uncertain.
What a connected record can do
Keep the answer with the evidence.
- 01
Start with the question
Connect the rule, decision, approval, and result for review.
- 02
Put the supporting pieces together
Connect the source, documents, decision, and reported result the association chooses to include.
- 03
Let the right person follow the trail
Give an authorized reviewer a clear route back to the records behind the answer.
Relevant context
What the record could include.
- Rule or policy version
- Decision reference
- Approval or notice reference
- Result or follow-up record
Access and redaction remain the association's responsibility.
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