Steer Inc.

“It is steer, inc.'s policy that steer's board of directors shall review the irs form 990 that is filed on the organizations behalf before it is filed with the irs. A board resolution is not required in order for the form 990 to be filed. The means of delivery shall be either by a hard copy available at a quarterly board of directors meeting or via an email link to the 990 form on steer's web-site (www.steerinc.com) sent to each director's email address.”

“The directors are required to disclose yearly if there is a conflict of interest. The staff monitors transactions throughout the year and if a conflict or a potential conflict arises it is brought to the attention of the executive committee who then reports to the general board of directors. Any conflict of interest is then resolved through board discussion/action.”

“Steer, inc. Will pay the executive director a just and decent wage so that he/she may provide appropriately his/her needs and his/her family. The executive director should receive pay and benefits that are competitive to similar jobs within the nonprofit orgranizations and that permit steer to hire and retain high caliber individuals. To maintain this philosophy, steer is committed to conducting salary and benefit reviews on an annual basis. In determining compensation, steer, inc. Acknowledges not only the business leadership the executive director provides, but also the valuable spiritual leadership component of his/her responsibilities. In determining executive director compensation, the directors will compare like services provided to similar organizations considering similar duties, time devoted to work, size of the organization, experience, familiarity with the organizations's mission, educational requirement, and economic conditions along with the executive director's spiritual leadership capabilities. In determining compensation, the following elements will be cosidered: base salary, contributions to qualified retirement plan, health insurance benefits, christmas bonus. Compensation approval--the executive committee will annually review the executive director's performance. The committee will review his/her current salary, consider the director's performance, determine a recommended salary, and compare the salary recommendation to others in like positions. The executive committee will bring their compensation recommendation to the entire board of directors for their review and approval. Other key employees---the executive director annually reviews the staff's performance. The executive director compares like services provided to similar organizations considering similar duties, time devoted to work, size of the organization, experience, familiarity with the organization's mission, educational requirements and economic conditions. An annual review report is generated by the executive director who then reports to the executive committee his findings along with the recommended salary adjustments. The director has the authority to recommend up to a 4% salary increase. The general board of directors evaluates the staff performance every two to five years and makes any salary adjustments as deemed appropriate.”

“When the governing documents(articles of incorporation, bylaws and constitution) and conflict of interest policy of the organization are subject to the federal or state public disclosure rules, these documents will be made available as applicable law may require. Otherwise, the governing documents and conflict of interest policy will be provided to the public at the discretion of management. Copies of steer inc.'s audited financial statements are made available to any person or entity upon written or verbal request.”

“Change in actuarial liability 2,084.”

“There was no change in the oversight of the audit during the current year. The full board receives and reviews the audit with the auditor.”