Covenant Apartments II Inc

“The board has 15 active voting members. All former presidents of the organization (known as life directors) are entitled to attend all board meetings and vote on matters before the board. Life members are not counted as part of the quorum for such meetings. The executive committee includes the president, vice presidents, treasurer and secretary, plus the immediate past president and four other past presidents. The executive committee meets to conduct necessary business between regularly scheduled board meetings and has the same authority as the board of directors.”

“Directors Eric Cohen and Jim Deutsch share a family relationship.”

“Community housing management corp. (chmc) is a related tax-exempt entity that provides management services for covenant apartments ii, inc. Chmc collects rents, pays bills, and generally maintains the housing units. Chmc is also the common paymaster for all employees who provide these services to covenant apartments ii and related entities.”

“Either the executive director or a board officer reviews the 990 and signs it on behalf of covenant apartments ii, inc. The full board is provided with copies of the annual audit report and form 990 for review at its fall meeting in september.”

“Board members are given the conflict of interest policy at their annual meeting (usually in may) and all members are asked to sign an annual disclosure form. If members are not in attendance or forget to sign the document, follow-up emails are sent, and they are asked to sign and fax back the disclosure form. All employees also complete the conflict of interest disclosure annually.”

“Each year, the president and the chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee meet to evaluate the executive director's performance. The chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee also considers what other comparable entities do (if there are any), as well as a comparison to the initial baseline compensation. The president or the chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee polls the executive committee for comments on performance and compensation. The president then meets with the executive director to discuss performance and the compensation determined by the executive committee.”

“Documents provided upon written request.”