Safe Humane

“By unanimous action of the Board of Directors on November 7, 2019: the title of the Executive Director shall be changed to the Chief Executive Officer effective October 15, 2019; the bylaws of the Corporation, as amended to update the organizational structure of the Corporation and make other clarifying changes and adopted at the board meeting held July 29, 2019, shall be effective as of October 15, 2019; the bylaws shall reflect changes to the composition of the Executive Committee to include current officers, the immediate past President and the Chief Executive Officer, as reflected in the attached copy of the bylaws; the current Auxiliary Board of Safe Humane shall be disestablished effective October 15, 2019 and that such disestablishment shall not prevent the establishment of an Auxiliary Board at a future date; the initial Chairs of the Standing Committees shall be as follows: the President shall be the Chair of the Executive and Governance Committees, the Vice-President shall be the Chair of the Development Committee and the Treasurer shall be the Chair of the Finance Committee; an Ad Hoc Committee on Communications shall be established and that such Communications Committee shall include working groups for marketing, public relations and technology.”

“All the numbers and text of the 2019 Form 990 were reviewed in pieces by the Board of Directors. The complete copy was distributed to all Board members before filing.”

“At one Board meeting each year, the Board discusses conflict of interest issues and requires all Board members to complete a form attesting to the details of any conflict of interest issues.”

“The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors provided information to the Board about comparability compensation data for the Executive Director position in 2015 but has not reviewed data as an Executive Committee since then because the position is not being paid. The Board of Directors is reminded of this zero compensation during financial discussions at Board meetings. Other employee and independent contractor compensation is set by the Executive Director in accordance with the budget or financial reviews conducted at Board meetings.”

“Safe Humane makes its Forms 990, governing documents, conflict of interest and other policies, and financial statements available to members of the Board of Directors electronically and in copies distributed at meetings or upon request. Copies are also available to the general public upon request, typically electronically.”

“Payments to independent contractors for program services.”

“The -1 is entered to correct rounding error somewhere in the calculations.”