Mason-Dixon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

“Classes of members or stockholders: the active membership consists of chartered organization representatives and members at large.chartered organization representatives represent organizations or community groups operating units. Each organization or community group to which a charter is granted by boy scouts of america to operate one or more recognized scouting units shall elect or appoint a chartered representative, who shall be other than the unit leader or assistant unit leader, as a member of the local council. Members at large shall include persons chosen from various business, civic, educational, labor, professional, social, and religious interests of the communities in the councils territory. The council shall have no fewer than 100 active members. At all times chartered organization representatives shall constitute a majority of the active membership of the council.”

“Decisions subject to approval of members: decisions by the executive board are subject to national boy scouts of america standards and bylaws, along with local council laws. Charter members participate in the annual meeting for the purpose of conducting business as stated in the organizations govering documents.”

“Organizations process to review form 990: the form 990 was provided to the executive committee prior to it being filed. The form 990 was reviewed by the executive committee during a regular monthly meeting and approved for filing.”

“Enforcement of conflicts policy: the policy is monitored by a review of the annual affirmation provided by the officers, members, and key employees that the policy has been read and they are in compliance with it.”

“Compensation process for top official: the organization has a compensation and benefits committee comprised of executive board members and/or a human resource specialist. This committee reviews the performance and comparative salaries to adjust the compensation of the executive director yearly. The committee recommends the adjustment which is then reviewed by the executive board to accept, reject, or modify the committees recommendation.”

“Compensation process for officers: a general cost of living adjustment range is determined for other employees which will vary by individual performance reviews.”

“Governing documents disclosure explanation: all governing documents, the organizations conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Line 9. The organization routinely has an audit performed annually. The audited financials are not yet available. Therefore, the 990 has been prepared with the information made available and an adjustment entered until an amended return can be prepared using the audited information”