Alliance Francaise De Berkeley

“The revised By-Laws made the following changes:(1) Added a class of members and slightly changed the parameters of one class.-Active members are defined as students (but now they are members for one year after the last date of enrollment, as opposed to losing membership upon the last day of enrollment), teachers, board members, staff, people who pay dues and anyone a majority of the board decides is an active member.-Honorary members are still a lifetime designation. They are not required to pay dues.-Associate members. whoever the Board designates.(this is the new class, meant for lecturers)(2) Only Active members can vote for Officers. Family members get one vote for the family.(3) Elections: are required to be completed within 15 days and if there are opposing candidates for an Officer position, voters cannot vote for both. The method of voting must allow for voters to ask questions of the candidates(4) Elected officers may not receive compensation from AFB while they are officers. (this clarifies a previously implied requirement) Accordingly, if a teacher is elected to an officer position that teacher must resign their teaching position.(5) The Whistleblower policy now specifies that all the following persons may blow the whistle without retaliation: Board members, officers, staff, teachers, students, members and volunteers.(6) Anti discrimination policy now includes gender.”

“A draft of the tax return is made available to the Board of Directors for review. Any changes, if needed, are made prior to its filing.”

“We determine employee compensation by using an independent subscription service which provides compensation information for comparable jobs across different segments of the workforce by level of education, level of expertise, years of service, geographical area where service is performed and so forth. We use additional corroborating data by, for example, utilizing web based sources which provide relevant human resource information.”

“See response for Line 15A.”

“The AFB provides this information on request. Our non-discriminatory policy is included in our Bulletin (the AFB's monthly newsletter) which is distributed to all members and staff. This policy also appears on our website (www.afberkeley.org).Form 990 is available at guidestar.org.”

“Upon request.”

“Olivier Walty, Stephanie Poulain, and Cecile Cottus were compensated for teaching, not as board members.”