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The NHPGA accountant suggested 

 a conflict ot interest statement 

 be added to the by-laws. These par- 

 ticular paragraphs were chosen by 

 the NHPGA Board of Directors 

 from the samples provided by the 

 accountant. 



Conflict of Interest 



(A) Each Director, prior to taking 

 his position on the Board, and 

 all present Directors shall submit 

 in writing to the Chairman ot 

 the Board a list oi all businesses 

 or other organizations of which 

 he is an office, director, trustee, 

 member, owner (either as a sole 

 proprietor or partner), share- 

 holder, employee, or agent with 

 which the Association has, or 

 might reasonably in the luture 



enter into, a relationship or a 

 transaction in which the Direc- 

 tor would have conflicting inter- 

 ests. The President ot the Board 

 shall become tamiliar with the 

 statements ot all Directors in or- 

 der to guide his conduct should 

 a conflict arise. 



(B) At such time as any matter 

 comes before the Board in such 

 a way as to give rise to a conflict 

 ot interest, the atfected Director 

 shall make known the potential 

 conflict, whether disclosed by 

 his written statement or not, and 

 after answering any questions 

 that might be asked him, shall 

 withdraw from the meeting for 

 so long as the matter shall con- 

 tinue under discussion. Should 

 the matter be brought to a vote. 



neither the attected Director nor 

 any other Director with a pe- 

 cuniary benefit transaction with 

 the Corporation shall vote on it. 



(C) The Board will comply with all 

 the requirements ot New Hamp- 

 shire law where conflicts ot in- 

 terest are involved, including but 

 not limited to the requirements 

 of a two-thirds vote where the 

 financial benefit to the director 

 or trustee is between $500 and 

 $5,000 in a fiscal year, and to 

 the requirement ot a two-thirds 

 vote and publication in the re- 

 quired newspaper where the 

 financial benefit exceeds $5,000 

 in a fiscal year. The New Hamp- 

 shire statutory requirements are 

 incorporated into and made a 

 part ot this conflict policy. 



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