Girl Scouts of Utah

“All committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body keep contemporaneous minutes of actions they undertake. The minutes of each committee are reviewed and approved in the subsequent committee meeting.”

“According to gsu's bylaws, the girl scouts is a membership organization.”

“According to gsu's bylaws, members of the gsu board of directors are elected by gsu delegate members to serve on the board.”

“According to the gsu bylaws, gsu delegate members must approve of any proposed amendments to the gsu constitution and bylaws if the amendment concerns: the voting rights of members; election of the board of directors, the nominating committee, and board development committee; gsu's affiliation with gsusa; and/or the dissolution and distribution of assets.”

“Required to provide form 990 to the audit and compliance committee who reviews and approves and the board is provided with a copy prior to filing.”

“Any possible potential conflict of interest shall be disclosed in writing to the chair of the council board of directors by the individual concerned prior to engaging in conflict of interest action. When any such conflict of interest is relevant to a matter requiring action by the board, the interested person shall call it to the attention of the chair, and such person shall not vote on the matter. Moreover, the person having the conflict shall leave the room in which the meeting is held and not participate in the final deliberations or decision regarding the matter under consideration. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. When there is a doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by vote of the body, excluding that individual. In the event that a potential conflict of interest is not disclosed, the matter shall be referred to the board for determination of continued membership of the individual concerned. Each staff member signs a staff member conflict of interest policy statement indicating they have read the policy statement and understand the facts regarding possible questions of violation. When the policy manual is revised every two years, each staff member receives a fresh copy and is asked to re-sign the conflict of interest policy statement. If a situation or occurrence arises in which a staff members conflict of interest is questioned, a full investigation and review is conducted to include a fact-finding stage, interview(s), evaluation, and conclusion. If there is a conflict of interest in which a staff member may be seen as competing with the interest and concerns of gsu, any matters that arise will be referred to the ceo for necessary action. Disciplinary action, up to and including separation of employment, may occur. Each board member files a conflict of interest statement every year and are provided with the form at every board meeting for changes.”

“Girl scouts of ut compensates its employees & officers based on their compensation policy that was approved by the board of directors. They also have an organizational salary structure that was created using compensation analytics, local & national compensation data, girl scouts of the usa compensation data, benchmarking efforts, and internal equity analysis. All positions are placed within a pay grade level, with each pay grade having a minimum, midpoint, and maximum.”

“Girl scouts of utah makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. In addition, the form 990 is published to guidestar.org, girlscouts.org, gsutah.org websites.”