Willamette Jazz Society

“Family Relationship: Treasurer and Acting Executive Director, Eve McClure, is married to President and Artistic Director, Steve Owen.”

“All members of the Executive Committee and Fundraising Committee are provided via email a copy of the 990 by the Director of Finance for review.”

“Directors shall declare the existence of any conflict of interest, disclose its nature, financial or otherwise, or the record, and abstain from voting on that matter. A conflict of interest is always present when a vote concerns a directors personal financial interests. Directors and officers of the corporation may enter in transactions or contracts with the corporation, subject to the limitations of law, the Articles of Incorporation and these by laws regarding such dealings. All transactions of the corporation involving the personal financial interests of directors, officers or employees shall adhere to standard business practices without special considerations, special compensation, or special benefit to any person as a result of the corporate role of a director, officer or employee.”

“The executive committee, under the direction of the treasurer, approved the Booking Manager and Venue Management duties and compensation based on our ability to pay and review of local arts organizations pay. The BM and VM are formally reviewed once a year.”

“All documents are available to the public upon request. All financials are offered to our members at our annual member meeting in April each year. Anyone is allowed to attend our board meetings where all non-profit business is discussed and financials are reviewed. Copies of our tax filings are available on Guidestar.org.”