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| Members or stockholder classes and rights Part VI line 6 | The Chambers members are businessess and/or individuals that have an interest in the objectives of the Chamber who have applied for membership and are approved by the Executive Committee. Each member shall be entitled to cast one vote in the selection of Board Members. |
| Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a | The members vote for the individual board members. |
| Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 | The following process was followed by the Chamber to review the Form 990. The completed Form 990 was reviewed by the President, Executive Vice President & the Executive Committee. After the 990 draft was reviewed by the aforementioned persons, the President then signed Form 8879EO to authorize the return preparer to E-File it. |
| Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c | The Chambers process to regularly monitor and enforce the Conflict of Interest policy is to review with the Board of Directors, annually at orientation before the beginning of the fiscal year. During the year, the Policy is followed with respect to disclosing any potential or perceived conflicts of interest. At the end of the fiscal year, each Board member completes the policys questionnaire acknowledging any conflict of interest. The Chambers compliance with the Conflict of Interest policy is as follows. The Board reviews the Policy annually at orientation before the beginning of the fiscal year. At any time during the year, if any one has a perceived or potential conflict of interest that interested person will disclose that fact and the Chamber follows its Policy. At the end of the year each Board of Directors member completes the Chambers Conflict of Interest questionnaire. |
| CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a | The Chamber determines the executive compensation by the Board of Directors Executive Committee annually reviewing the Policy of compensation. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors follows the policy and reviews compensation. The Presidents compensation is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors. His compensation is adjusted based upon the number of new members, profitability of events and other factors. |
| Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b | The Board of Directors reviews the Policy annually at orientation. The Presidents and all other staffs compensation is in the annual budget, which is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors before the fiscal year begins. |
| Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 | The Chamber files the required 990 annually with the IRS. Governing documents, policies and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Guide Star Organization will display the filed 990 on its website after the IRS forwards it to Guide Star. |
| Significant program services not listed on prior year return Part III line 2 | Because of the Covid19 pandemic during 2020, the Chamber began a new program to help small businesses affected by the pandemic. It raised over $10,000 from businesses that were not affected by Covid to help support the small businesses that were struggling and to start a new program called Shop Local Campaign. The Chamber also sent over 15,000 Covid related emails to its members to help them navigate through the various issues that the pandemic caused. |
| Cessation of or significant change to any program service Part III line 3 | The Organization had to cancel for 2020 the fall Clinch River Antique Festival due to Covid pandemic. The Festivalwas resumed in 2021. The Leadership program had to be significantly changed in 2020 to accomondate the pandemic as well. |
| Information required from section 501c29 organizations Part V line 13a | Because of the Covid19 pandemic, the Chamber had to cancel the very popular Clinch River Antiques Fall Festival for 2020. The Chamber resumed the festival in 2021. The Chamber had to modify its Leadership Anderson County training classes during 2020, but still had 15 participants (it normally has 20-25 participants). The Chamber conducted 9 Networking Coffees/Ribbon Cuttings in 2020, which was less than is conducted in a normal year. The Chamber resumed a more normal schedule of Coffees/Ribbon Cuttings in 2021. |
| General explanation attachment | Page 1, Part I Summary, Line 6 - For the year 2020, an estimated 25 volunteered through the Board of Directors, Christmas Parade, Purses & Pearls Luncheon, Youth Leadership Board & Ex-Officios, Ambassadors, Business Development Committee, Annual Business & Awards Luncheon, Education Workforce Committee, Government Relations Committee, Leadership Board, Young Professionals, Small Business Seminars. |
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