Growsmart Maine

“Each member shall be entitled to cast one vote at annual or special meetings of the corporation for appointment of directors.”

“The organization has one class of members, "regular members", and they may be wither individuals or corporations. Each member must be at least 18 years of age, and shall have agreed to take an active interest in and be willing to support and serve the organization. Eligible individuals or corporations become a member upon payment of the annual membership dues as set by directors, and shall continue as a member until removal or resignation. Each member shall be entitled to cast one vote at annual or special meetings of the corporation for such purposes or such other matters as may be prescribed for consideration of the members by the articles of incorporation, the by-laws of the corporation, amendments thereto, and the laws and statutes of the state of maine, as from time to time constituted. Members shall not have the right to cumulate their votes. Specifically, the members shall have the following rights: a) expansion or contraction of the size of the board of directors; appointment of directors; amendments, modification, or restatement of the articles of incorporation; dissolution, merger or consolidation of the corporation; any other matters which a majority of the board voting on the matter votes to submit to the members.”

“The governing body receives a copy of the form 990 before the return is filed.”

“At the first meeting of each calendar year, each board member shall reaquaint himself or herself with the conflict of interest section of the corporate bylaws and so indicate this by signing a board devised document indicating this and circulated by the chair amongst the members.”

“The board obtains and reviews comparative salary data in order to determine compensation of the executive director.”

“The organization makes governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Amended return to add schedule o explanation of revenue decrease from fiscal year ended june 30, 2015.”

“Explanation of revenue decrease, fy16 compared to fy15: in the fiscal year ended june 30, 2015, growsmart received contributions restricted to a specific period of time or for a specific purpose, totaling 42,000. These contributions were recorded as revenue in fiscal year 2015, though the funds were expended in the fiscal year ended june 30, 2016. This resulted in revenues in excess of expenses in 2015, and expense in excess of revenues in 2016. In addition, growsmart maine accepted the donation of two joseph fiori paintings in fy15, valued at 30,000. This extraordinary gift was recorded as revenue in that year. A net loss in any single year is not a defining factor of the fiscal management of an organization and it continues to be our intention to meet both our fiduciary responsibility of organizational sustainability as well as our responsibility to achieve our mission.”

“Mainers to climate change and translating business thinking to community action, with successes to inspire us from maine and denmark, a world leader in reducing use of fossil fuels.”

“Advocacy - land use planning and community investments, innovation and land conservation and natural resource sector viability. These are the issues that growsmart maine considers to be priorities in protecting maine's quality of plave and promoting sustainable propserity in maine. We will be working with the maine state legislature to focus on growing our economy in a sustainable way, promoting sustainable prosperity for all mainers. Other activities - hold open public meetings at which speakers give presentations on the nature, causes, and consequences of urban sprawl.”