Wayne County Chapter Nysarc Inc the Arc Wayne

“The Organization has members in accordance with NYSARC, Inc. guidelines. Membership helps children and adults with developmental disabilities realize their full potential. NYSARC, Inc. is a unitary corporation consisting of its 45 Chapters. Wayne County Chapter NYSARC, Inc., is one division of the corporation. The Corporation and Chapter's governing body is the Board of Governors representing the individual membership in each Chapter's jurisdiction. Each Chapter has one weighted vote based on membership and is represented by Primary Board of Governors member and an Alternate. The Corporation through Article VI Section 3 of its bylaws delegates day-to-day operating authority to the Chapter's Board of Directors. The Executive Committee of the Board of Governors (see Part VI, Line 7a below) comprises the Corporation's elected officers and exercises all powers of the Board of Governors between plenary meetings of the Governors.”

“Members vote for officers and Board of Directors at the annual meeting. The Delegate Assembly, which represents NYSARC's 70,000 members, elects the Board of Governance, Corporation President, Secretary, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer to 1-year terms. Delegates elect regional Vice Presidents to 1-year terms from their respective regions. The Board of Governors elects one vice-president, Senior Vice President.”

“The By-laws allow for the members to review an action of the Board, and such action may be revised, altered or rescinded by a vote of two-thirds of members present provided that no irrevocable rights of third parties will be affected thereby. Chapter By-law amendments are subject to Board of Governor approval. Any action of the Board of Governors may be reviewed at the succeeding Delegate Assembly. No action of the Governors that affects the irrevocable rights of third parties may be rescinded. Corporate by-law amendments are subject to approval by a majority of Chapters.”

“The Board of Governors does not review Chapters' Form 990s before they are filed. Each individual Chapter submits a copy of its Form 990 to the corporation's Board of Governors when the Form 990 is filed by the Chapter. Each Chapter must have a policy and procedure process for its Board of Directors to review the Chapter's Form 990. The Wayne County Chapter's process is as follows: A draft copy was provided to the Audit Committee for further review. They then provided their comments and authorized the Board of Directors to approve after their review and comment to the Organization prior to filing.”

“Employees and the Board of Directors complete conflict of interest forms annually. The Organization's Audit Committee together with the Corporate Compliance Officer reviews all forms and reports results to the Board of Directors.”

“The Executive Director's salary is researched using Economic Research Institute Database, discussions with other outside parties and then approved by the Board of Directors. All other top management salaries are determined by the Executive Director, and then approved by the Board of Directors through the budget process.”

“All required public disclosure documents are made available to the public in the Chief Financial Officer's office during regular business hours.”