Virginia Forest Products Association

“The organization employs a management company to operate the day to day business of the association.”

“The association has 53 full production members and 64 associate members.”

“Voting members elect all board members at the annual meeting.”

“Voting members approve decisions of the board of directors at the annual meeting.”

“The association distributes the form 990 to the executive committee. The chairman then reviews the return with the executive committee. Upon agreement, the chairman then distributes the form 990 to the full board and the chairman signs the return for electronic filing. The 990 filing is presented to the entire membership at the next meeting following the filing of the return.”

“The written conflict of interest policy is distributed at each meeting of the board of directors, or any committees, as well as to potential board nominees. A reminder is sent on january 1 of each year asking each officer and director to disclose any potential conflicts of interest as detailed in the policy. The association maintains a record of receipt and acknowledgement of review of the policy from each officer and director.”

“All compensation is presented by the treasurer and reviewed and approved by the executive committee and board of directors. Persons with conflicts of interest with respect to compensation arrangements are not involved in this review and approval. The compensation being reviewed is compared to similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similar organizations there is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberation and decisions regarding compensation arrangements.”

“The association's tax returns and policies are kept on file and are available for inspection upon request. The tax returns are also posted to the internet on www.guidestar.com”

“No documents available to the public.”