Marietta High School Touchdown Club C/O Marietta High School

“The organization has members. These members pay an annual fee to join and have no voting powers with the organization. These non-voting memberships are available to individuals and families. It is not required to be a member and be a voting member on the board.”

“The officers and the directors shall be elected at the annual meeting that holds these elections. The elections are by secret, written ballot. The officers(president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer) shall be elected based on the individual recieving the highest number of votes for his or her particular office. A nomination committee will be formed to nominate any new board members or directors. No person shall be appointed to the nominating committee who may be nominated to serve in any capacity for the immediately succeeding term. The governing board shall select a chairman for the nominating committee to call a meeting of the nominating committee when appropriate. The nominating committee shall nominate one (1) candidate for each office and three (3) candidates for each of the three members of the board positions. Upon receipt of the no0minating committee's report and nominations, the secretary shall notify each club member in writing of the candidates so nominated. This notification shall be at least two(2) weeks prior to this meeting. Additional nominations may be made at the meeting by any member in good standing and who is in attendance at this meeting. No individual may be nominated to more than one(1) position in any given year. Additional nominations may not be made at the annual meeting as the officers and directors are voted upon.”

“All members in good standing shall be entitled to one (1) vote at any meeting of the organization. A quorum for any such meeting shall be twenty percent(20%) of the members in good standing. Dates, times, and places of the meetings shall be announced to the membership at least ten (10) days prior to any meeting. Members are allowed to vote on any activity presented by the governing board.”

“Each member of the governing doby of the organization is provided a copy of the form 990 and or 990-t for review prior to the filing of said return with the appropriate tax authorities. The governing board shall review and be able to ask questions regarding the form 990 and/or 990-t at a meeting or conference call prior to the filing of said return with the appropriate tax authorities. The board members who have reviewed this return are not tax professionals and do not have the expertise, knowledge, or experience to personally determine if specific information reported in the return is derived and presented correctly pursuant to relevant tax laws and regulations.”

“Form 1024 and form 990 and 990-t, if applicable, is made available to the public upon written request.”

“The organization's governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public upon written request. Presently, there is no conflict of interest policy in place; but a code of ethics has been adopted by the organization and is posted on it's website. The organization has no employees and officers and directors are not compensated as the organization relies on volunteers for all activities.”