Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

“The chamber's board of trustees is made up of executives from close to 50 different organizations in the greater dayton, ohio area. Many of the board members' companies may do business with each other.”

“The chamber nominating committee compiles a slate of new board members each year. This slate of candidates goes before the entire membership for approval. If an individual or group wants to add additional candidates to this slate they need a petition signed by 5% of the membership to have the candidate considered. The added candidate goes before the sitting board of trustees for approval.”

“The chamber nominating committee compiles a slate of new board members each year. This slate of candidates goes before the entire membership for approval. If an individual or group wants to add additional candidates to this slate they need a petition signed by 5% of the membership to have the candidate considered. The added candidate goes before the sitting board of trustees for approval.”

“An electronic form was made available to all members of the executive committee. The full board of trustees was provided a link to the document via the chamber's website.”

“Annually the board of trusttees is required to complete a conflict of interest form. In addition, on an annual basis a review of vendor transactions is completed by staff to determine if any material transactions were made with member companies who employed potential conflicts of interest.”

“A management compensation and review committee comprised of officers and other board of trustee members is responsible for evaluating the president & ceo's performance and recommending compensation. This committee utilizes national salary surveys from chambers of commerce and other sources to determine salary. The final decision on the president & ceo's compensation package is made by the chair of the board of trustees. Regarding other officers and key employees, an annual job performance evaluation is performed and industry salary data is consulted by the president & ceo in his or her deliberation. This person then makes the compensation package decisions.”

“The organization will provide any documents open to public inspection upon request.”

“The organization will provide any documents open to public inspection upon request. In addition, the organization's bylaws are available on its website.”

“This process has not changed.”