Dayton Bar Association

“The executive committee reviews and approves the form 990. The board of trustees gives final approval of the returns and forwards to the appropriate officer for signature and filing.”

“Board members will be asked to disclose any conflicts prior to a vote being taken and if they have a conflict, they recuse themselves from the vote.”

“The process includes all of these elements: (1) review and approval by the board of trustees or compensation committee of the board; (2) use of available data as to comparable compensation; (3)contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping; and (4) performance evaluation. 1. Review and approval. The compensation of the person is reviewed and approved by the board of trustees or compensation committee of the board, provided that persons with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensaton arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval. 2. Use of data as to comparable compensation. The compensation of the person is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. 3. Contemporaneous documentaion and recordkeeping. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compenation arrangement. 4. Performance evaluation. Evaluations will be conducted annually. While reference is made only to the executive director, it is understood that the evaluation process used for the executive staff earning a salary in excess of 100,000 will be identical to that of the executive director.”

“The compensation of the person is reviewed and approved by the board of trustees or compensation committee of the board. Trustees who have conflicts of interest abstain from the voting.”

“The organization does not typically make its gverning documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the general public.”