Carbon County Bar Association

“The association is made of up regular members who practice or reside in carbon county and associate members who practice or reside outside of carbon county but maintain an interest in court affairs and legal matters in carbon county. Associate members have no voting privileges. Annual membership includes access to conferences, cle courses, social events, two free copies of the law journal and a discount on bar association dues.”

“Regular members in good standing at the time of election of officers are allowed to vote on the officers running for that office. Associate members do not have voting privileges and are ineligble to hold office.”

“Motions that are presented on the floor by the board can be voted on by the regular membership that are in good standing at the time of the vote.”

“Any and all committees formed by the board do not retain formal notes of meetings held. Each committee presents a report with their recommendations to the board of directors where the meeting is then formally recorded.”

“The form 990 is given to board members after submission. A third party cpa firm is relied on to prepare and review the 990 for accuracy and the board provides and verifies all information and clarification prior to completion and filing.”

“The organization does not have a written conflict of interest policy in place howeverthere is a verbal policy for all board members to disclose any interests that could causeconflicts within the organization on all business transactions that take place before theboard. The non conflicted boardmembers then determine how to address such interestconflicts and consider if the transactions are to be kept or terminated to maintain theintegrity of the board and organization.”

“All the required documents that are for public inspection are available upon request at the associations main office. The return is available on a third party website: www.guidestar.org once transmitted to the irs.”

“Program services:continuing education $ 1,211internet and website 632membership dues 17,356contributions 16,250telephone 1,805redaction fees 5,000bank service charges 25printing and postage 48,573law library 2,400total $ 93,252 management and general:professional fees $4,194investment fees 733 total 4,927”