Girl Scouts Heart of Central California

“The officers of the council will constitute the executive committee, which shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors as and when necessary between board meetings, except that the board of directors shall not delegate to the executive committee the power to determine what reports and proposals are to be submitted to the representative assembly; the power to approve the budget, or any other power that may not be delegated to a committee pursuant to section 1 of article iv. All officers of the council must be present in person or linked by telecommunication by means such that all members participating in the meeting are able to hear one another to constitute a quorum for transaction of business.”

“Board members arwyn austin and bernadette austin have a family relationship”

“The organization has representatives from 55 geographic areas who are dues paying members and are appointed by the volunteer manager of each area.”

“The representatives from the 55 geographic locations elect board members and vote on bylaws.”

“The organization's finance committee will receive via email a copy of the form 990 prior to its filing with the irs. The finance committee will have an opportunity to do a complete review and comment on the form 990 prior to it being filed. The full board will be provided a copy of the 990 after it is filed with the irs.”

“Gshcc staff, board of directors, committee chairs, and committee members shall each sign a conflict of interest statement yearly. These signed statements are kept by the director of human resources. Each member participating in gshcc activities is encouraged to consider his/her potential for conflict of interest, and to disclose and discuss such potential before decisions affecting financial allocations are made. Members with a conflict of interest should acknowledge the conflict and abstain from both deliberations and the vote pertaining to relevant resolutions affecting financial allocations. In circumstances in which a conflict of interest is unclear to staff or other gshcc members, a judgement regarding the potential conflict will be made by the gshcc board of directors for which a record will be available in the minutes of the board of directors meeting.”

“Compensation for the ceo is evaluated by the board of directors (where all members are independent persons) along with assistance from girl scouts of the united states of america. Salary data from multiple sources is reviewed to help the organization determine what can be included in the annual budget. This process was last undertaken in 2024. Compensation for other officers and key employees include gathering comparable salary data and reviewing the results so the organization can determine what is feasible in the annual budget. This process was last undertaken in 2024.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request and at the annual meeting of the representative assembly.”

“The organization has a committee that has responsibility for oversight of the financial statement audit and the process has not changed from the prior year.”