American Legion Auxiliary Post 290 Howard Mccarty

“The organization has members, not stockholders. Each member is entitled to one vote on all affairs related to the organization. There are no priority voting rights.”

“The membership has an annual meeting to vote in the new members for the board of directors. All members have one vote per office.”

“Organizational decisions have recommendations made by the board of directors, but must generally also be approved by vote of the general membership.”

“The annual form 990 and related schedules is provided to the board of directors for review and signature prior to being submitted for filing to the apprpriate agencies.”

“Any compensation provided to board members requires approval of the membership. Amounts approved are based on services rendered, related experience, and comparision to local wages to determine reasonable compensation.”

“The compensation for the gambling manager and otehr staff is reviewed each year, compared to other local gambling organizations, reviewed compared to time required for job duties, etc. And then a reasonable compensation rate is determined for each employee.”

“Documents are provided in printed or electronic form when the organization received a reasonable request for such information.”

“To support the american legion and its programs for veterans, young people, and community. To advance the understanding of patriotism and responsibility of citizenship. To promote individual intergrity and family values, serving others first and not self.”

“Volunteers work together to provide organization and execution of veteran's appreciation events (i.e. Memorial day and veteran's day activities, veteran's dinners, etc.), promote patriotism within the local community, and generally support the national american legion auxiliary efforts.”