Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.| Identifier | Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 | Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | Governing documents are made available upon request. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 | Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process | The board members receive a copy of the Form 990 for review before filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 8 | Form 990, Part VI, Line 8 : Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings | During 2010 there were no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 | Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | The organization has a single class of members. The members are grouped into voting districts. Each voting district elects a single Delegate to represent its members in all matters requiring vote, consent or approval of the members (with the sole exception of the appointment of the district's Delegate). |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 4 | Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents | In order to facilitate intra cooperative IFQ transfers and to improve the Cooperative's effectiveness in binding arbitration, the Cooperative filed Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation and amended and restated its bylaws effective 7/1/09:The Cooperative's purpose was amended to include receiving an allocation of crab individual fishing quota under the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Crab rationalization program, and allocating that individual fishing quota among its members or their designees.Articles of Amendment replaced Article IV.C. with the following: The Cooperative's Bylaws may be amended, altered, repealed or replaced by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Cooperative.Membership changed from Bering Sea and/or Aleutian Island crab harvesting cooperatives to persons holding catcher-vessel owner or catcher-vessel crew quota shares. Persons holding catcher-processor owner or catcher-processor crew quota shares are also eligible for membership if the quota shares based upon which individual fishing quota is issued to the Cooperative are harvested by a catcher-vessel, not a catcher-processor.The Amended Bylaws set an annual term of membership; each year each member's membership terminates unless extended by affirmative action of the board.The Amended Bylaws group the members into voting districts for purposes of electing district Delegates. Each Delegate must be either a member or an authorized representative of a member in good standing. The Delegates represent their members in all matters requiring vote, consent or approval of the members.The Amended Bylaws clarify that with the exception of the election of Delegates, any reference to vote, consent or approval of the members in the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the Membership Agreement or the Alaska Cooperative Corporation Act means the vote, consent or approval of the Delegates on behalf of the members.The Amended Bylaws provide that The Board of Directors consist of one Director for each voting district, rather than one Director per members as stated in the original Bylaws.Each Delegate of record has the right at every Delegates' meeting to a number of votes (for each matter considered) equal to the number of members of the cooperative that belong to the district it represents.Each district's Delegate also serves as the District's Director. Each Director has a single vote on each matter considered. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 2 | Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services | Engaged in marketing efforts to sustain traditional markets for crab and create new markets.The Cooperative's purpose was amended to include receiving an allocation of crab individual fishing quota under the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Crab rationalization program, and allocating that individual fishing quota among its members or their designees. |
| Software ID: | 10000105 |
| Software Version: | 2010v3.2 |