Nelson County Farm Bureau

“Family relationships: jay and jacob goodwin, father and son.”

“On september 26, 2019, the board of directors approved amendment to bylaws to change the number of meetings each year from two to one and that meeting shall be the regular annual meeting. The following sections were added to the amendment section 11 (a) there shall be two classes of members of this county farm bureau, producer members and associate members. Subject to the approval of the board of directors, a person deriving income directly or indirectly from farming may become a producer member, as hereafter defined, of this county farm bureau and any other person may become as associate member of this county farm bureau by agreeing to comply with the requirements of these bylaws and the charter of this organization and all amendments to either. Upon entering such an agreement and the payment of the membership fee, the county farm bureau shall issue a certificate of membership to the applicant. (b) as used in these bylaws "producer member" means a producer of agricultural products who sells such products on a commercial basis as a source of income and/or owners of farm land; provided, however upon the adoption of these bylaws all members of this farm bureau on december 31, 1969 shall be classified as producer members. (c) any other persons, firms or organizations accepted for membership in this farm bureau by the board of directors shall be 'associate members'. Section 12 a membership shall be in the name of an individual, except that firms or corporations may be members when one member of such an entity is listed as the identifying member of such a firm or corporation. Voting power is vested exclusively in the producer members, and on any question that may come before any meeting of the members, each membership shall have one and only one vote, whick shall be cast in person not by proxy, and then only if the current annual membership fee is paid. The following has been deleted from article iii - directors section 1 (c) of the bylaws: including the appointment of an office manager who shall have charge of the office management of this county farm bureau under the direction of the board of directors. Article iii - directors section 3 of the bylaws has been amended to change the meeting requirement to at least 10 months per year instead of once every 2 months per year. The following has been deleted from article iii - directors section 6 of the bylaws: regarding the office of any director who fails to pay current annual membership fee - "within thirty (30) days from the time same are due" was removed. Article iv - officers section 1 - the secretary and treasurer and such have been deleted from officers as deemed necessary shall be elected by the board of directors. Article v - voting delegates section 1 - should the voting members of this county farm bureau fail or refuse to elect voting delegates, the president shall act as a voting delegate until the number of voting delegates to which this county farm bureau is entitled have been - changed from "elected" to "appointed by the board of directors".”

“Membership organization of persons interested in agriculture.”

“Producer members vote on persons appointed to the board of directors.”

“Changes to the by-laws and articles of incorporation are subject to approval by the producer members.”

“Corporate officers are notified of the completion of form 990 and given an opportunity to review the completed form before filing.”

“Each board member signs a conflict of interest policy annually.”

“Governing documents are not available to the public”