Keep in mind, too, that if your spouse is your proxy and you divorce or legally separate, that person can no longer serve as your proxy.
Be general enough to allow your proxy to make appropriate decisions depending on the circumstances.
This workbook and its companion video can help guide you and your proxy through the process.
"It used to be that you just put your plan in your proxy," Ms. Todd said.
Don't overlook telling your proxy which way you want to vote.
You (or your proxy) should calmly explain the situation to the manager of the concierge service.
Your proxy statement says that an employee's pay will be clawed back if he or she "engages in conduct that causes material financial or reputational harm".
In New York, for example, your proxy form should state that "my health care agent knows my wishes about artificial nutrition and hydration" to assure that the person you depend on can legally make the desired treatment decision.
Be sure to make copies of the proxy form for yourself (keep one handy at home and another in your purse or wallet), your proxy, your doctor and anyone else close to you.
The idea of electing someone as your proxy for two, four or even six long years may have been a necessity in the days of the American Constitutional Convention, when representatives rode to the capital by horseback.
"Social news discovery works really well if you follow the right people, but often it's not good for finding topics that fall out of your proxy of interest," explained Bradford Cross, chief executive of Prismatic.
