Tri-Valley Conservancy

“Tvc has a board of directors. Five of the directors are appointed by five organizations: city of livermore, city of pleasanton, county of alameda, livermore valley winegrowers association and friends of the vineyards. The other seven directors are considered "at large" and are voted upon by the current board. There are no other members - all donors and advisory council are considered "friends" of tvc.”

“Committees are not authorized to make decisions for TVC, they investigate and prepare proposals to the Board of Directors who make the decisions. The committees can make recommendations however the BOD can choose to modify and/or reject recommendations by the committees.”

“FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE ACCOUNTANTS AND SENT TO THE OFFICERS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE FILING. The Form 990 will be available to any board member who requests a copy of the document.”

“Annually, each director is requested to review, update, and sign the conflict of interest form from the previous year. Additionally, at the beginning of each board of director and committee meetings everyone is asked to identify if there are any possibilities of a conflict of interest. Anyone identifying themselves with a conflict of interest is documented in the minutes. The individuals who have a conflict of interest for a specific item has/will recuse themselves from the room during the discussion and decision votes (this is all documented in the minutes).”

“Review of agreed expectations for the year, personnel committee sends out review forms to each director, plus the executive director conducts a self evaluation. Additionally, pay is compared to the annual nonprofit compensation associates annual survey for "fair pay for northern california nonprofits".”

“For other employees reviews are completed by the executive director. Expectations versus accomplishments and "fair pay for northern california nonprofits" annual survey is used.”

“Tvc prepares an annual report each year which is included in a local newspaper with 25,000 copies. Board of director packets include financial reports which are posted to the website and made available to the public upon request.”

“Other program services 4: freeze frame competition to increase awareness of the tri-valley's open space and resources being or need to be protected. Throughout the year, tvc coordinates and delivers a roving exhibit with current photos of the east alameda county area. Quest for excellence - education series for winegrowers and winemakers to increase quality vineyards and wines to ensure economic viability of livermore valley wines.agriculture day: tvc supports the local ag day in support of the livermore valley unified school district 3rd graders. The agriculture adventure day featured numerous agricultural exhibits, hands-on activities and demonstrations. Demonstrations included sheep shearing, hoof trimming and honey bee production. Exhibits included: olive oil production, grape pressing, livermore history and large and small farm animals. Students had the opportunity to participate in hand-on activities including bee condo building, dummy calf roping, and seed planting.”