The Small Enterprise Education And

“The organization has a single class of members who vote during the annual governance meeting, which is held at the annual conference.”

“During the annual conference, members in good standing vote for new board members who have been nominated prior to or at the conference.”

“The selection of new officers, choice of adding each applicant for seep membership, and types of new members (such as whether to allow for-profit entities as new members) are decisions that are subject to approval.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. The 990 was reviewed by the executive director and was then forwarded to the the finance and audit committee for review prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is monitored and enforced by the executive director. He/she is charged with: updating the conflict of interest forms that the board members sign; and monitoring the grants, contracts, and agreements to ensure compliance with the policy. The executive director is made aware of any potential conflicts of interest. In addition, the organization consults with seep's legal counsel before entering into any agreements that may potentially violate seep's conflict of interest policy. If a conflict of interest arises, the interested person recuses himself/herself from the meeting as well as the decision making process.”

“The executive director's compensation is reviewed and ratified at the end of each calendar year by the board of directors. Any increase in salary or benefits must be approved by the board of directors. The director of finance's compensation is reviewed annually by the executive director and any increase in salary or benefits is based on an annual performance review and the availability of funds in the budget, which is approved by the board of directors. Comparable data is also used in the compensation review and the process is documented. The last salary review for top financial official was on january 25th, 2016 and top management official was on april 5th, 2016.”

“The organization's governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are currently kept at seep's headquarters office and are available for public inspection upon request during normal business hours.”

“During 2015, the organization undertook two new major programs: sg 2015 and disaster risk reduction. See part iii for more detail regarding the programs.”

“Tech assistance consultants: program service expenses 90,087. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 90,087. Cop senior advisor: program service expenses 22,050. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 22,050. Facilitator: program service expenses 3,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,000. Global summit facilitator: program service expenses 2,109. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,109. Strategic support consultant: program service expenses 198,864. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 198,864. Learning initiative consultant: program service expenses 37,164. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,164. Virtual platform consultant: program service expenses 6,513. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,513. Trainer: program service expenses 3,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,000. Technets: program service expenses 13,357. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 13,357. Consultants: program service expenses 447,802. Management and general expenses 53,420. Fundraising expenses 9,535. Total expenses 510,757. Regional summit facilitator: program service expenses 6,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,000. Nact analyst: program service expenses 294. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 294. Assessment consultant: program service expenses 7,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,800. Employment agency fee: program service expenses 26,769. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,769.”