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“The organization has four membership types: usgbc national member, usgbc national member employee, regular chapter member, and student chapter member. Individuals can join by completing the online membership form on the usgbcmn website: www.usgbcmn.org”

“Each year there is a call for nominations in the fall, from those nominated the nominating committee puts forth their list of recommended candidates. All candidates that qualify are included in the election ballot sent out electronically to voting members.”

“Revisions to bylaws, articles of incorporation and other organizational records require approval of the membership.”

“The organization does not have committees that can act on behalf of the board.”

“The executive director discusses the return with the tax preparer prior to filing the return. After the return is filed it is discussed in a monthly meeting.”

“1. Leaders must disclose all conflicts to the steering committee leader or her/his designee (a) at each annual meeting of the steering committee (is not previously disclosed), and (b) at any other time immediately following discovery of a conflict. Disclosures must be written and must include sufficient detail so as to allow a complete and objective assessment of the conflict. 2. Leaders must disclose all conflicts of interest to the entire steering committee (a) at each annual meeting of the steering committee (if not previously disclosed), and (b) at any other time immediately following discovery of a conflict. 3. The steering committee leader must forward a copy of all signed conflict of interest statements to the (a) chair of the usgbc chapter steering committee, and (b) to the councils president and ceo.”

“The articles of incorporation, bylaws, and conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available by requests.”

“General programs: education and training: the chapter holds both education events to train professionals working in the green building industry as well as more general programs aimed to widely raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable building and communities. In 2014, usgbc held 33 programs with attendance of over 1,300 individuals. Programs include: -leed technical training workshops: courses to train technical professionals working in green building industry. -annual green building education conferences- the chapter held 2 full-day education conferences. Impact is held in the twin cities metro and building green is held in duluth. -general green building programs: programs designed to raise awareness of the value of green buildings and communities among a wide and varied audience. Green schools coalition: a program which provides education and hands on learning activities in k-12 schools. 2014 coalition activities included 5 major program areas involving 10 organizations, 300 volunteer hours and over 5,000 students impacted.”

“Grant funded programs: dynamic green home: a program that partners with non-profit housing developers to provide volunteer events to assist with the renovation of foreclosed homes, increasing the sustainability of the finished home and education volunteers and community members. In 2014, usgbc held 12 volunteer work events with a total of 150 volunteers participating. Mpca benchmarking report: minnesota, with funding from the minnesota pollution control agency (mpca) and sebesta, collected operating data from building owners and managers and wrote and published a case study to report aggregated results that can be used for benchmarking purposes. This case study analyzed energy, water, waste and ventilation data from 20 leed certified buildings in minnesota to understand how the buildings are performing in these operational areas, and to better understand the different focus areas of each building, its property management team, and its occupants.”

“Consultants: program service expenses 3,634. Management and general expenses 578. Fundraising expenses 20. Total expenses 4,232. Graphic design: program service expenses 1,866. Management and general expenses 297. Fundraising expenses 10. Total expenses 2,173. Payroll processing: program service expenses 1,009. Management and general expenses 160. Fundraising expenses 6. Total expenses 1,175. Other professional fees: program service expenses 7,020. Management and general expenses 1,116. Fundraising expenses 39. Total expenses 8,175. Contract staff: program service expenses 32,838. Management and general expenses 5,218. Fundraising expenses 184. Total expenses 38,240.”