Dan River Basin Association

“MARK BISHOPRIC”

“The organization has members, but the organization does not have shareholders.”

“The members of the organization elect the governing body (board of directors). The board of directors elects the officers.”

“Organizational decisions are subject to the board of directors' approval.”

“The board of directors of the dan river basin assocition will review the final draft of the 2014 form 990 at a special board meeting on july 8, 2015. The form 990 was prepared by rouse, rouse, penn, and rouse cpa firm in conjunction with drba staff and input by board members and others. The final draft will be distributed to the board members at the board meeting on july 8, 2015. For those not at the meeting, the final draft will be delivered via email or in person for their review and approval prior to july 17, 2015. Board members were asked to forward questions to mark bishopric, treasurer.”

“The organization distributed a copy of the conflict of interest policy, with request that each member disclose an actual or potentional conflict of interest, sign, and return a copy of the policy. This distribution and request was made (1) at our board meeting (march 31, 2015), (2) by mail or email on july 2, 2015 to any board members that had not returned the forms. This information was assimilated into the 990 form as to related party transactions and potential conflicts of interest have been disclosed in this filing.”

“The personnel committee meets periodically (at least annually) to review the performance of the executive director and evaluate the competitiveness of the compensation package and the organization's capability to retain its staff, while evaluating information from other regional non profits as it relates to their disclosed compensation package information. When the executive director initially hired the personnel (then the committee consisted of the executive committee of the board), research was done concerning salary scales in similar organizations in order to establish a reasonable budget for compensation to discuss with candidates for the position.”

“The organization's bylaws, other governing documents, policies, and audited financial statements are available for review by appointment at the headquarters office location of the organization at 413 church street, suite 401, eden, nc 27288. The organization's form 990 tax return is posted on another's website, www.guidestar.org, for review annually.”

“Remains committed to monitoring and protecting the dan river. Drba's environmental education programs impacted thousands of students in virginia (martinsville city, henry county, patrick county, city of danville, pittsylvania county and franklin county) and in north carolina (rockingham county, caswell county, stokes county) in 2014. Drba provided 43 trout in the classroom programs, streamside trees in the classroom, tub of bugs, bio blitz and other environmental programs. In virginia, drba also launched a citizens water quality monitoring program that recruited 12 volunteers to monitor a tributary of the smith river. Drba also provided environmental science courses to high school students attending the upward bound summer camp in martinsville, va and hikes for the boys & girls club summer camp. Fifteen clean-ups were organized by drba during the year - 8 in virginia and 7 in north carolina which successfully pulled thousands of pounds of trash out of waterways and trails. Drba recruited almost 2,000 volunteers during 2014 to participate in education and stewardship projects. In addition, drba also participated in 15 days of public festivals throughout the region and 6 corporate events related to protection and conservation of our natural resources. Drba also continued to invest resources in educating the public about the issues related to hydraulic fracturing, uranium mining, coal ash, solar energy and landfills as well as other stewardship matters.”

“Recreational outings with several nonprofits and businesses throughout the basin. Drba also completed an assessment of trails and river access points throughout the basin and potential connections to the beaches to bluegrass and mountains to sea trails. Drba also led efforts to implement minimum flows from philpott dam throughout the weekend to bring consistency to the river water quality and recreational usability.”

“Office, 1 in the danville office). Drba staff has remained constant in 2014. Drba held its 2nd art in nature auction in danville, which featured artist donations. All proceeds benefitted protection and promotion of the region's natural resources. Drba staff continued to work with partners on the small towns collaborative in henry county, va. This initiative is a partnership effort to promote the amenities and visions of communities along the smith river and work toward the common goal of creating a destination for visitors while establishing an inviting environment for residents, families and small business owners. Drba also participated in the master plan for beautification in henry county strengthen gateways, beautify roadways, connect open space corridors, and enhance the business districts. Drba was a key partner in development of the positive youth development action plan which provides youth information about opportunities in the henry county area including summer camps, service and volunteer jobs, and career training. Drba helped develop the youth passport challenge which held its second festival in 2014 with over 200 students attending at the smith river sports complex. This event brought students, business and community partners together to showcase recreation, life skills and career building opportunities in our region.”

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