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Exactly. As someone who is on the board and used to be the chair of a non-profit, rules and procedures tend not to matter much. Until they do. You hit some edge case where people seriously disagree and things like voting rights, proxies, the process for bringing an issue to a vote, etc. suddenly matter if you don't want to just leave decisions in the hands of whoever has the loudest voice and/or feels most entitled to having the final say.