Mfha Foundation

“Mfha (masters of foxhounds association) has the power to appoint the board of directors.”

“A copy of the draft was provided by e-mail”

“Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement acknowledging compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board of directors determines the compensation package of the executive director/operations officer based on performance and comparable compensation for similar positions at similar organizations.”

“The board of directors determines the compensation package of the executive director/operations officer based on performance and comparable compensation for similar positions at similar organizations.”

“The documents are available upon request.”

“Not only does mfha foundation conduct its own acivities, but it also has taken on the role of raising funds for all charitable andeducational activities and endeavors associated with the masters of foxhunting group. Mfha foundation supports and offers programs including providing conservaton and habitat-preservation information and eductonal materials; publishing fox hunting related books, cds, tapes and videos; and conducting seminars covering all elements of the sport, including the breeding, training and hunting hounds, supporting research that contributes to hound health and disease prevention, acode of hunting practices that provided standards for its members to assure all aspects of the sport contribute to good sporting practices and humane treatment of domestic and wild animals, (continued) information on threats to foxhuntings continued survival,game management, historical treatises, and how to enjoy yourself more fully as a member of the mounted field. Mfha foundation remains dedicated to the educatonal mission and programs started by masters of foxhounds educational foundation and will continue to provide and develop such programs. Promoting knowledge of the basis for and the value of traditonal field sports is the most effective way to deal with public media that might otherwise exploit ignorance of field sports by distorting and misrepresenting them in stories opposed to mounted foxhunting and other outdoor pursuits.the mfha national office supports mfha foundations activities and missions. The mfha office staff handles communications accounting and (continued)publication for mfha foundation. Mfha staff also handles other administrative requirements including but not limited to, planning and arranging meetings, panel discussions, publishing educational materials associated with all aspects of topics important to foxhunting and its future, as well as ensuring charitable solicitation registrations are complete. Mfha foundation pays fair market value for these services. Mfha foundation purchases services from mfha, paying the actual cost of employee time spent on foundation matters based on the actual number of hours each employee spends on mfha foundation activities, and other employee costs. This is done using a ratio of the percentage of time each emloyee spends on each of the entitiess actiities.”