Dragon Boat Charleston

“Dragon Boat Charleston membership requires registration but cancer survivors are never charged a membership fee. Members must re-register each year. Typically we have between 100 to 150 members.”

“The membership votes to elect the Board of Directors during our annual member meeting in November of each year.”

“If a change to the bylaws is proposed then the membership must vote to accept or reject any changes.”

“Once the 990 is prepared, a copy is provided to the board of directors for questions/concerns. Once all questions/concerns are resolved, the board votes to accept the 990 and a copy is sent to federal and state and posted to the membership portal for member review. The treasurer typically offers to review the 990 with any interested members.”

“Director, officers, and key individuals (anyone with access to proprietary information) are required to sign a conflict of interest agreement on an annual basis. The agreement requires that they disclose any potential conflicts as soon as they are identified. The board (without the responsible party) will then investigate to determine if a conflict exists and if it is material. If there is a material conflict, the board must determine whether the contemplated transaction may be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable to the organization. If determined a conflict exists that cannot be authorized, appropriate action will be taken to address the conflict. Actions can vary from recusal of self from any discussion or decisions (minor) to corrective or disciplinary action in egregious cases. The existence and resolution of all conflicts will be documented.”

“The current Executive Director was hired February 2023. Prior to hiring, the organization formed a search committee and hired a consultant to evaluate the organization's needs and the appropriate salary based on our budget, size, resources, as compared to similar organizations.”

“All governing and financial documents are posted on the organizations messaging platform or are available upon request.”

“Beginning year balances for the 2024 form submitted this year did not match our ending year balance from the previous (2023) form. This has been corrected.”