Watchfire Media Inc

“Daneen Akers the Executive Director is the spouse of Stephen Eyer an employee and producer at Watchfire Media.”

“A Form 990 is provided to all board members for review via email and reviewed during the following board of directors meeting.”

“All interested persons disclose the existence of the financial interest and are given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts and after any discussion with the interested person these individuals leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members decide if a conflict of interest exists. So far no actual conflicts have been indentified or caused harm to the organization.”

“A voting member of the governing board who receives compensation directly or indirectly from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that members compensation. All members of the board or compensation committee who approve compensation arrangements must not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement. The board or compensation committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data to compare compensation including gathering data paid by three comparable organizations in the same or similar communities for similar services. The board or committee records in the minutes of the meeting the basis for its determination.”

“Yes the governing documents including the articles of incorporation bylaws that contain a conflict of interest policy and financial statements were made available to the general public upon request. Our financial documents were also made available to the general public via our GuideStar Gold quality listing for immediate download and review.”

“Following the devastation of Hurricane Helene Watchfire Media partnered with Wild Abundance a local woman-owned carpentry school to fiscally sponsor The Wild Abundance Disaster Relief Fund. This fund helped support the greater Wild Abundance community in the Asheville NC area which was drastically affected by the storm. This included: a pledge of $22,500 to Mutual Aid Barnardsville to help them continue supporting the Barnardsville Community now and into the future. Broke ground on the production of 12x24 small permanent homes to be donated to locals who lost their housing; monies from the fund went toward materials and lead carpentry with lots of volunteer help. Contributed toward purchasing a sawmill for a local resident to turn downed trees into lumber thats being offered for free to local rebuilding efforts. Created an effective system for organizing tree work and repair needs in collaboration with Mutual Aid Barnardsville. This system was especially poignant in the days after the disaster when there was limited access to the internet and volunteers were flooding in looking for places to help take down trees off roads and houses remove mud and debris from houses and land create access with heavy equipment and do repairs on houses. This work is still in place and has been taken over and improved by Mutual Aid Barnardsville. Filmed and produced a video to demonstrate and share the above system with other relief centers responding to Hurricane Helene and with others that may use it in future disasters in other places. Gave scholarships to local flood survivors to take Womens Basic Carpentry so they can help with rebuild efforts. Contributed materials and labor to repair houses including rebuilding the roof of a family home that had been crushed by 8 trees and rebuilding stairs and a stoop for an elderly community member.”