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“A copy of the form 990 is provided to the entire board of directors for review and approval prior to filing.”

“All employees are provided with a copy of the conflict of interest policy when hired and must sign a form stating that they have read the policy. Employees and board members must review the policy annually and sign a form stating that they will comply with the policy.”

“The executive director's salary is reviewed annually by the board of directors. Her salary is reviewed based on merit and compared to the current cola and the most recent minnesota nonprofit salary and benefits survey to determine appropriate pay adjustment, if any.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The organization's mission is to promote sustainable energy solutions and empower communities to develop and own clean energy assets as an independent voice acting in support of communites, we work through education. Outreach, and advocacy to advance broad community ownership.”

“At least one representative from each of the states in the region. We have identified strategies and priority activities for mwec program work. We have created a webinar series and are planning several more. Mwec is planning wind energy research, outreach and education topic areas and creating more opportunities for key stakeholders and decision makers in the midwest region. Also, we have create a new website for mwec and an online wind library for information wind resources that may be of particular interest to the midwest market. Windustry created a new online resource covering business models for community wind. This was a piece that we researched and explored, over the past couple of years, from several angles over the last few years. Windustry explored working with new stakeholders and looked very closely at the business models the solar markets are using and popularizing. Windustry worked closely with the mn clean energy and jobs campaign to keep good information available on distributed wind and co-chaired the distributed generation table.”