Junior League of Indianapolis Inc

“The president, president elect, secretary, and treasurer shall constitute the executive committee of the board of directors.”

“Jli revised their by-laws during the year, making several changes. These changes included correcting grammatical and spelling errors, updating director and officer terms, and updating terms around the composition, election, and eligibility of the management council and its members.”

“The classes of membership are as follows: a. Provisional provisional members are those who are engaged in training established by this junior league to prepare them for effective community and league involvement. They are not eligible to vote or hold office. Provisional members shall be required to complete a provisional course. B. Active 1. Active members are those who have completed provisional training and justify active membership by demonstrating volunteer service to the community and the league, while fulfilling the membership requirements of this league. 2. There shall be upper no age limit for active membership. 3. Each active member in good standing shall have one vote on questions coming before the membership. C. Sustaining sustaining members are those who have been granted sustaining status, who have fulfilled the active membership requirements of this league and who continue to support the league and community. D. Honorary honorary members are those who, whether because of their service to this league or to their community have been granted honorary membership in this league by the board of directors. Honorary members shall be entitled to all privileges of membership except that they may not propose or endorse prospective members (except those honorary members who were once actives), hold office, vote, or transfer honorary membership to another league. Any charges or dues payable to the association on account of such honorary memberships shall be paid in full by this league.”

“The nominating committee shall present a slate of one candidate for each open office on the board of directors or the management council. Additional nominations for any slated position may be made in writing by 10% of the active members with the written consent of the nominee. They shall be received by the nominating chair at least two weeks prior to the election meeting and shall be mailed by her to each active member at least one week prior to that meeting. They shall be presented with the slate at that meeting. The slate presented by the nominating committee shall be voted upon by the active members at the election meeting held in april.”

“By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the active members present and voting at any meeting of this league, provided the proposed amendment shall have been mailed to each active member at her address appearing on the records of the league at least two weeks prior to the meeting. Notwithstanding, the board of directors shall have the power to amend the bylaws to make any change: (a) required by the association; or (b) that the board deems necessary or required to comply with an amendment to the indiana not for profit corporation act of 1971 or its successor nonprofit corporation statute. Such amendments shall be reported to the membership, but shall not require membership approval.”

“The organization does not have any committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The treasurer and president reviewed the form 990 in detail prior to filing with the irs. Additionally, a copy was provided to the entire board of directors for review and comment prior to filing with the irs.”

“The policy is applicable to all board members and members with delegated authority. If a board member has a conflict of interest, she must abstain from voting on that matter. Additionally, a member may not influence the vote where a conflict exists. Actual or potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed to the board of directors or committee considering a proposed contract or transaction. This disclosure must include the existence and nature of the member's financial and/orpersonal interest. Compliance is monitored annually at the beginning of the board service year.”

“The organization is run by volunteers and board members. There are two administrative employees who provide support for the organization, but the employees are not a director, officer or key employee. Therefore, this question has been answered "no" in accordance with the form instructions.”

“Governing documents, the conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available upon request at the organization's offices.”