Most people recognize that the vast majority of board members of charitable nonprofits are unpaid volunteers. Washington State law does not require that meetings of a nonprofit corporation's members or board of directors be open to the public.The board of directors may each receive up to ninety dollars per day or portion thereof spent in actual attendance at official meetings of the board. Just because nonprofit board members can be paid, doesn't mean that they have to be. The board needs to make a careful decision. The law may generally allow for a public charity to pay some, but not all, board members, for services offered other than as a board member. This post summarizes nonprofit governance issues that are typically presented to the Board of a nonprofit corporation for approval.