For Portal Members

• NEW Discussions

  **For Standard, Professional and Enterprise Plans, the **OPTIONAL Discussions feature is an easy way for your members to communicate with each other. A Discussion can include everyone, or be limited to a board/committee. Participants in a Discussion thread can post their comments from inside the portal, or directly from their email. There are no special permissions required to take part in a Discussion thread. And participants have the opportunity to unsubscribe from a Discussion. ![](httFew readers

• The Committees List Page

  **The Committees home page is a clear and simple way to view the committees in your organization. The committees that show up on this page is determined by the viewer's membership privileges. This article illustrates the layout of the Committees home page. ** || Board Members, Staff, and Committee Members will see all public committees as well as the private committees that they are a member of.‌ Guests will only see the specific committees they are a member of. Each committee is in it'sSome readers

• A Specific Committee's Page

  **A specific committee's page is an easy way to view the high level details for that committee. A specific committee's home page is the place to find members, past and future meetings of that committee, and the committee's documents. Members should familiarize themselves with the home page of each committee they are a member of. This article illustrates the contents of a committee's home page. ** || Board Members, Staff, and Committee Members will see a committee's page if it is an open commiFew readers

For Portal Administrators

• Displaying Roles & Titles

  ** Displaying your member's roles and titles is an important tool for identification, and assists both new and tenured board members. Keeping the roles and titles up to date is easy and simple within BoardSpot. This article explains these settings.** || Only Organization Admins can add and update member roles and titles. Please contact your organization's administrators for assistance with this task. BoardSpot ROLE (as assigned on the People page) and TITLE (as assigned within each CommitteFew readers

• For New Committee Admins

  ** This is a list of BoardSpot articles that will be helpful for new Committee Admins to read, as they get up to speed on managing a committee. ** The Committee's Page Managing Committee Documents Create a Meeting [Agenda Builder](https://help.boardspot.com/en/article/agenFew readers

• Creating Committees

  Committees are an integral part of a nonprofit board, and BoardSpot makes managing committees smooth and painless. There is no limit on the number of committees that can be managed through BoardSpot. This article explains adding new committees, and their participants, to your board portal. || Organization Admins and Committee Admins can mange committees. Contact your organization's administrator(s) for assistance with these tasks. Private committees are available in the Standard and EnterprFew readers

• Managing Committee Participants

  **The function of committee participants is determined by their assigned role within that committee, and is not dictated by the role they play within the greater organization. BoardSpot makes committee roles clear and straightforward. If a committee participant has questions about their role and accessibility, they should speak with the Organization's administrators. This article explains how to add and manage committee participants. ** || Both Organizational Admins and Committee Admins can addFew readers

• Editing and Removing Committees

  Some committees will last the lifetime of an organization. Others will play a role for only a season. BoardSpot makes it straightforward to update or remove a committee. A removed committee can be restored if needed. This article shows how to update or remove a committee. Updating a committee's settings: Log in as an admin user for the organization. Navigate to the committee's page and click Actions and choose Edit Settings. Update the committee as needed, including *settinFew readers