The Mountaineers

“Major membership categories are individual, family, senior, and student.”

“Three directors at large shall be elected by the membership each year, except when vacancies must be filled. Members who are entitled to vote shall elect the directors at large. All members in good standing in all membership categories shall be eligible to vote. All members get one vote.”

“Changes to the organization's bylaws are required to be put to a general membership vote.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the chief financial officer and the chief (or director) of operations. It is then presented to the treasurer for review prior to distributing by email to the board of directors. Once distributed to the board of directors the 990 is signed by the chief executive officer and filed with the irs.”

“The policy applies to directors, officers, and members of any committee of the board of directors that has authority to act on behalf of the board and those employees who may be designated by the president. Each covered person has a duty to promptly and fully disclose all material facts of any potential conflict that arises during his/her period of service. In addition, every covered person is required to complete an annual conflict of interest questionnaire. The president discloses to the board of directors all potential conflicts reported to him/her under the policies. The board of directors will evaluate disclosures to determine whether they involve actual conflict and develop alternatives to remove the conflict from the situation.”

“Chief executive officer compensation is reviewed and approved by the compensation committee made up of board members including the president and treasurer. A survey of like organizations and united way publications is used to determine competitive wages for like organizations. The last compensation review was completed october 2017.”

“All information is available upon request. Bylaws, annual report with financials, board policies and board meeting minutes are available on the organization's website.”

“Trip, course, activity and branch volunteer leaders are registered in our database. Additionally we add an estimate for instructors, rope leaders, outdoor center hosts and work party attendees, youth education, actors, and event volunteers. The volunteer services and benefits include course and activity leadership and instruction, conservation stewardship efforts, board, committee and branch leadership. Our estimate of volunteer hours is the equivalent of 56 full time employees and 114,000 hours.”