The Arc of Greensboro Inc

“There is one class of membership. Membership is by application and contingent on the payment of dues.”

“At the annual meeting members vote to approve candidates for the Board of Directors after presentation of the slate of appointees by the Nominating committee and preliminary approval by the Board of Directors.”

“Organization members have the right to approve or rescind any board of director action through a vote at any organization regular or specially called meeting.”

“The President and Treasurer receive the prepared Form 990 by email and they share with the rest of the Board.”

“The Board, staff and volunteers are covered under the conflict of interest policy. They sign the document annually and it is kept in the company files.Full disclosure, by notice in writing, shall be made to the Board of Directors in all conflicts of interest. Following full disclosure of a potential conflict of interest, the Board of Directors shall determine whether a conflict actually exists and, if so, shall vote to authorize or reject the transaction and/or condition.A)An interested director, officer or employee shall not participate in any discussion or debate of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, in which the subject of discussion is a contract, transaction, or situation in which there may be a conflict of interest.B)No director, officer, or employee shall participate in the selection, award, or administration of a procurement transaction in which public funds are used, where, to his knowledge, any of the following has a financial interest in that transaction: (1) the employee, officer or director; (2) any member of his immediate family; (3) his partner; (4) an organization in which any of the above is an officer, director, shareholder, partner, equity holder or employee; or (5) a person or organization with whom any of the above is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment.A copy of this policy shall be given to all directors, officers & employees upon commencement of such persons relationship with the Arc. Each board member, officer & employee shall sign/date the policy at the beginning of his term of service or employment or if the person is already in position, immediately upon the Arc implementing this policy. Failure to sign does not nullify the policy.”

“The Executive Board reviews the compensation of the Executive Director, using data of comparable compensation for those with similar qualifications in similar functional positions. A new Executive Director was hired in May of 2021 and an outside professional search firm was utilized for this process and to help determine fair salary, based on area comps.”

“A new Executive Director was hired in May of 2021 and an outside professional search firm was utilized for this process and to help determine fair salary, based on area comps.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public on the organization's website and are available upon request.”