North Star Scouting Memorabilia Inc

“All dues-paid members of the organization (membership was 35/year), have the right to vote on the candidates for the board of directors.”

“The form 990 is provided to the board in advance of the first board meeting after the completion of the form. It is reviewed independently by board members, and discussed at the subsequent board meeting. If they have questions or changes, answers are sought and provided. Any changes in the 990 after the board meeting would be forwarded to all board members. Organization's by-laws provide for electronic vote in the event that the board cannot meet, and so such changes to the 990 would be approved electronically by a majority of the board between meetings.”

“The executive director's performance is evaluated by the board of directors annually. Increases or changes to compensation is determined by the board in an executive session of a regular meeting, documented in the record of the meeting, and implemented on an agreed-upon schedule. The executive director's compebnstaion does not necessarily change each year. The only other employee of the organization has performance reviewed yearly. Compensation is determined by research on local market conditions and merit.”

“We make all policy documents available to any member of the public upon request.”

“The mission of north star scouting memorabilia, inc., dba north star museum of boy scouting and girl scouting is to "collect, preserve, share, and interpret the history and significance of boy scouting and girl scouting in the upper midwest." it collects material relating to boy scouting and girl scouting, exhibits these materials, holds public events at which these collections take center stage, and work with youth and adults to learn the history of scouting in this region.”

“The bulk of our work falls under the category of collections care and preservation, from dealing with incoming collections, to caring for, cataloging, and properly storing those objects that we choose to accept, to making the collections available through exhibition, research, and publication. We devote a fair amount of time and expense to collections care particularly. Over the years, we have moved the backlog of collections processing, and finally got to the point where we are able to accession and catalog an item as soon as the board accepts it for the collection. Under the heading of educational programming, the museum either hosts or goes out to more than 10 community/educational events, including merit badge workshops for boy scouts, tours and programs for girl scouts and boy scouts public events, classes, training, meetings, and traveling displays. A great deal of staff and volunteer time went into all of these events, and thousands of people were served, both on-site and elsewhere.”