2024-11-13T12:37:37-05:00 2023-12-31 201817360 STEVE GUY & ASSOCIATES PC 4900 SOUTHPOINT DRIVE FREDERICKSBURG VA 22407 990 2023-01-01 060906643 THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY SOCI 3016347024 1660 INTERNATIONAL DRSTE 600 MCLEAN VA 221024877 LEE LOWERY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3016347024 2024-11-06 true WANDA STEMPIN P00377967 5408917555 2024-11-13 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z LEE LOWERY 1660 INTERNATIONAL DR STE 600 MCLEAN VA 221024877 3955095 false X HTTPS://VERTPALEO.ORG X 1940 CA TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TO SERVE THE COMMON INTERESTS AND FACILITATE THE COOPORATION OF ALL PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE HISTORY, EVOLUTION, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, AND TAXONOMY OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS, AS WELL AS, FIELD OCCURANCE, COLLECTION, AND STUDY OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATES AND THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BEDS IN WHICH THEY ARE FOUND. 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SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE SOCIETY'S TAX POSITION AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. true EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 7673 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 2400 CANADA & MEXICO GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 9925 SOUTH AMERICA GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 625 SUB SAHARAN AFRICA GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 10470 NORTH AFRICA GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 8204 39297 39297 LANZENDORF SCIENTIFIC ILL NORTH AMERICA -CANADA 1 625 WIRE N/A N/A DAWSON PRE-DOCTORAL FELLO NORTH AMERICA CANADA 1 3000 WIRE N/A N/A LANZENDORF COMPUTER IMAGI SOUTH AMERICA - BRAZIL 1 625 WIRE N/A N/A WOOD STUDENT RESEARCH AW NORTH AMERICA-CANADA 1 2500 WIRE N/A N/A PATTERSON STUDENT FIELDWO EGYPT 1 2500 WIRE N/A N/A ESTES GRADUATE RESEARCH A AUSTRALIA 1 2000 WIRE N/A N/A T&F BEST STUDENT ARTICLE NORTH AMERICA-CANADA 1 1000 WIRE N/A N/A JACKSON TRAVEL GRANT NORTH AMERICA-CANADA 7 2800 WIRE N/A N/A JACKSON TRAVEL GRANT SWEDEN 1 600 WIRE N/A N/A JACKSON TRAVEL GRANT CHINA 3 1800 WIRE N/A N/A JACKSON TRAVEL GRANT HONG KONG 2 1200 WIRE N/A N/A JACKSON TRAVEL GRANT UK 3 1800 WIRE N/A N/A ROBERT LYNN CARROLL AWARD EGYPT 1 3000 WIRE SVP FUTURES AWARD SUDAN 1 5000 WIRE GRAFF AWARD ZIMBABWE 1 2920 WIRE GRAFT AWARD SOUTH AFRICA 1 2550 WIRE GRAFT AWARD PHILLIPINES 1 2673 WIRE GRAFT AWARD EGYPT 1 2704 WIRE false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF SVP MONITORS, VIA QUARTERLY REPORTS, THE FUNDS UTILIZED FOR GRANT AWARDS ANNUALLY. AN APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS IS CONDUCTED TO DEFINE THE GRANTEES, WHICH IS LED BY INDIVIDUAL AWARD PANELS TO MONITOR THE AWARDEES AND THEIR USE OF THE AWARDED FUNDS. SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 7,673 0 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND 2,400 0 CANADA & MEXICO 9,925 0 SOUTH AMERICA 625 0 SUB SAHARAN AFRICA 10,470 0 NORTH AFRICA 8,204 0 SCHEDULE F, PAGE 5, PART V ALL AWARDS ARE PRESENTED AT THE SVP ANNUAL MEETING. DR. ALBERT E. WOOD AWARD: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD, NAMED IN HONOR OF DR. ALBERT E. WOOD, IS TO SUPPORT STUDENT RESEARCH THAT INVOLVES MUSEUM OR UNIVERSITY VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OR NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS. PROPOSALS MUST BE FOR COLLECTION-BASED WORK ON SOME ASPECT OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THOSE THAT GREATLY ENHANCE THE VALUE OF FOSSIL MATERIAL ALREADY RESIDING IN COLLECTIONS. COHEN AWARD: THE STEVEN COHEN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH IS TO FOSTER EXCELLENT STUDENT RESEARCH IN THE STUDY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO EXEMPLARY STUDENT(S). THE FUNDS AWARDED MAY BE USED BY STUDENTS IN SUPPORT OF FIELD RESEARCH, MUSEUM RESEARCH, LABORATORY RESEARCH, OR OTHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH THAT IS INNOVATIVE AND UNUSUAL; RESEARCH THAT HAS DIRECT APPLICATION TO UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING THE VERTEBRATE FOSSIL RECORD. COLBERT PRIZE: SELECTED AND PRESENTED ONSITE AT THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY'S ANNUAL MEETING, THE EDWIN H. AND MARGARET M. COLBERT PRIZE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION. THE PRIZE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE COLBERTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. DAWSON GRANT: THE MARY R. DAWSON PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP GRANT RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH EXCELLENCE. THIS AWARD PROMOTES A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY SUPPORTING THE RECIPIENT'S DISSERTATION RESEARCH TRAVEL, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSES. HIX PREPARATORS' GRANT: THE MARVIN AND BETH HIX PREPARATORS' GRANT AWARD IS INTENDED TO FURTHER THE FIELD OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF PREPARATION. JACKSON SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS: THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING. APPLICANTS MUST BE STUDENT MEMBERS OF SVP AND INCLUDE UNDERGRADUATE/BACHELOR STUDENTS, GRADUATE/MASTER STUDENTS, OR DOCTORAL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT A RECOGNIZED ACADEMIC INSTITUTION. LANZENDORF-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PALEOART PRIZE: THE LANZENDORF-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PALEOART PRIZE WAS CREATED BY JOHN J. LANZENDORF TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PALEONTOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION AND NATURALISTIC ART. THESE ARE THE ONLY ART AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PALEONTOLOGICAL VISUALIZATION. PALEOART IS BROADLY DEFINED AS THE SCIENTIFIC OR NATURALISTIC RENDERING OF PALEONTOLOGICAL SUBJECT MATTER PERTAINING TO VERTEBRATE FOSSILS. PALEOART IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VEHICLES FOR COMMUNICATING DISCOVERIES AND DATA AMONG PALEONTOLOGISTS, AND IS CRITICAL TO PROMULGATING VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND TO LAY AUDIENCES. PATTERSON MEMORIAL GRANT: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD, NAMED IN HONOR OF DR. BRYAN PATTERSON, IS TO SUPPORT STUDENT FIELD WORK IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROPOSALS FOR FIELD WORK THAT ARE INNOVATIVE, VENTURESOME, AND UNUSUAL. ROMER PRIZE: THE ALFRED SHERWOOD ROMER PRIZE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY A PREDOCTORAL STUDENT. SELECTION IS BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE AND QUALITY OF A SUBMITTED ABSTRACT SUMMARIZING AN ORIGINAL RESEARCH PROJECT. THE PRIZE IS AWARDED BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE AND QUALITY OF THE ORAL PRESENTATION OF THAT RESEARCH DURING THE ROMER PRIZE SESSION AT THE SVP ANNUAL MEETING. RICHARD ESTES MEMORIAL GRANT: THE RICHARD ESTES MEMORIAL GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH BY PROVIDING AN AWARD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SVP. THE AWARD IS DIRECTED TOWARD RESEARCH IN NONMAMMALIAN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, WITH EMPHASIS ON SYSTEMICS, MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND PALEOECOLOGY. THE REVIEW PANEL ESPECIALLY WELCOMES PROJECTS INVOLVING ONE-OFF FIELD-BASED ACTIVITIES. TAYLOR AND FRANCIS AWARD: AN ANNUAL AWARD FUNDED BY TAYLOR & FRANCIS, PUBLISHER OF THE JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. THE SELECTION IS HANDLED BY THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS BEST STUDENT PAPER REVIEW PANEL. IT IS AWARDED TO THE BEST STUDENT FIRST-AUTHORED PAPER PUBLISHED IN JVP. THE ROBERT LYNN CARROLL AWARD IS AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE IN THE DISCIPLINE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY AN EARLY-TO-MID-CAREER RESEARCHER. true COLBERT PRIZE 1 800 ROMER PRIZE 1 800 MARY R DAWSON 1 2710 HIX PREPARATORS GRANT 1 2000 LANZENDORF 2D 1 625 LANZENDORF SCULPTURE 1 625 COHEN STUDENT RESEARCH PR 1 5000 FIELD TRAINING AWARD 1 1500 OUTREACH & EDUCATION 2 2500 FUTURES AWARD 1 5000 T&F BEST STUDENT PAPER 1 1000 JACKSON TRAVEL GRANTS 19 7600 SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF SVP MONITORS THE FUNDS UTILIZED FOR GRANT AWARDS ANNUALLY VIA QUARTERLY REPORTS. AN APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS IS CONDUCTED TO DEFINE THE GRANTEES, WHICH IS LED BY INDIVIDUAL AWARD PANELS TO MONITOR THE AWARDEES AND THEIR USE OF THE AWARDED FUNDS. SCHEDULE I, PAGE 4, PART IV ALL AWARDS ARE PRESENTED AT THE SVP ANNUAL MEETING. DR. ALBERT E. WOOD AWARD: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD, NAMED IN HONOR OF DR. ALBERT E. WOOD, IS TO SUPPORT STUDENT RESEARCH THAT INVOLVES MUSEUM OR UNIVERSITY VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OR NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS. PROPOSALS MUST BE FOR COLLECTION-BASED WORK ON SOME ASPECT OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THOSE THAT GREATLY ENHANCE THE VALUE OF FOSSIL MATERIAL ALREADY RESIDING IN COLLECTIONS. COHEN AWARD: THE STEVEN COHEN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH IS TO FOSTER EXCELLENT STUDENT RESEARCH IN THE STUDY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO EXEMPLARY STUDENT(S). THE FUNDS AWARDED MAY BE USED BY STUDENTS IN SUPPORT OF FIELD RESEARCH, MUSEUM RESEARCH, LABORATORY RESEARCH, OR OTHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH THAT IS INNOVATIVE AND UNUSUAL; RESEARCH THAT HAS DIRECT APPLICATION TO UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING THE VERTEBRATE FOSSIL RECORD. COLBERT PRIZE: SELECTED AND PRESENTED ONSITE AT THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY'S ANNUAL MEETING, THE EDWIN H. AND MARGARET M. COLBERT PRIZE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION. THE PRIZE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE COLBERTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. DAWSON GRANT: THE MARY R. DAWSON PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP GRANT RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH EXCELLENCE. THIS AWARD PROMOTES A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY SUPPORTING THE RECIPIENT'S DISSERTATION RESEARCH TRAVEL, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSES. HIX PREPARATORS' GRANT: THE MARVIN AND BETH HIX PREPARATORS' GRANT AWARD IS INTENDED TO FURTHER THE FIELD OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF PREPARATION. JACKSON SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS: THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING. APPLICANTS MUST BE STUDENT MEMBERS OF SVP AND INCLUDE UNDERGRADUATE/BACHELOR STUDENTS, GRADUATE/MASTER STUDENTS, OR DOCTORAL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT A RECOGNIZED ACADEMIC INSTITUTION. LANZENDORF-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PALEOART PRIZE: THE LANZENDORF-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PALEOART PRIZE WAS CREATED BY JOHN J. LANZENDORF TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PALEONTOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION AND NATURALISTIC ART. THESE ARE THE ONLY ART AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PALEONTOLOGICAL VISUALIZATION. PALEOART IS BROADLY DEFINED AS THE SCIENTIFIC OR NATURALISTIC RENDERING OF PALEONTOLOGICAL SUBJECT MATTER PERTAINING TO VERTEBRATE FOSSILS. PALEOART IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VEHICLES FOR COMMUNICATING DISCOVERIES AND DATA AMONG PALEONTOLOGISTS, AND IS CRITICAL TO PROMULGATING VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND TO LAY AUDIENCES. PATTERSON MEMORIAL GRANT: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD, NAMED IN HONOR OF DR. BRYAN PATTERSON, IS TO SUPPORT STUDENT FIELD WORK IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROPOSALS FOR FIELD WORK THAT ARE INNOVATIVE, VENTURESOME, AND UNUSUAL. ROMER PRIZE: THE ALFRED SHERWOOD ROMER PRIZE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY A PREDOCTORAL STUDENT. SELECTION IS BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE AND QUALITY OF A SUBMITTED ABSTRACT SUMMARIZING AN ORIGINAL RESEARCH PROJECT. THE PRIZE IS AWARDED BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE AND QUALITY OF THE ORAL PRESENTATION OF THAT RESEARCH DURING THE ROMER PRIZE SESSION AT THE SVP ANNUAL MEETING. RICHARD ESTES MEMORIAL GRANT: THE RICHARD ESTES MEMORIAL GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH BY PROVIDING AN AWARD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SVP. THE AWARD IS DIRECTED TOWARD RESEARCH IN NONMAMMALIAN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, WITH EMPHASIS ON SYSTEMICS, MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND PALEOECOLOGY. THE REVIEW PANEL ESPECIALLY WELCOMES PROJECTS INVOLVING ONE-OFF FIELD-BASED ACTIVITIES. TAYLOR AND FRANCIS AWARD: AN ANNUAL AWARD FUNDED BY TAYLOR & FRANCIS, PUBLISHER OF THE JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. THE SELECTION IS HANDLED BY THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS BEST STUDENT PAPER REVIEW PANEL. IT IS AWARDED TO THE BEST STUDENT FIRST-AUTHORED PAPER PUBLISHED IN JVP. THE ROBERT LYNN CARROLL AWARD IS AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE IN THE DISCIPLINE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY BY AN EARLY-TO-MID-CAREER RESEARCHER. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TO SERVE THE COMMON INTERESTS AND FACILITATE THE COOPORATION OF ALL PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE HISTORY, EVOLUTION, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, AND TAXONOMY OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS, AS WELL AS, FIELD OCCURANCE, COLLECTION, AND STUDY OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATES AND THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BEDS IN WHICH THEY ARE FOUND. THE SOCIETY IS ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF FOSSIL SITES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 3 THE SOCIETY UTILIZES THE SERVICES OF A MANAGEMENT FIRM, MCI USA, TO MANAGE THE ORGANIZATION ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. MANAGEMENT FEES REPRESENT AMOUNTS PAID TO MCI USA UNDER THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL STAFF RESOURCES, DELIVERY OF THE SOCIETY'S PROGRAMS, SERVICES, EVENTS, AND WEBSITE. IT PROVIDES OFFICE SPACE, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER RESOURCES NEEDED TO MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. MANAGEMENT FEES UNDER THE CONTRACT TOTALED 379,736 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 THE MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND WHO MEET ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE BYLAWS. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES: -REGULAR MEMBER: ANY INDIVIDUAL INTERESTED IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGISTS. REGULAR MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. -SECOND MEMBER, SAME HOUSEHOLD: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES FOR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP AND IS SHARING A RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WITH A REGULAR SOCIETY MEMBER. SECOND MEMBERS, SAME HOUSEHOLD, ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND DO NOT RECEIVE SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS. -UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBER: ANY INDIVIDUAL CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE PROGRAM. STUDENT MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. -TRANSITIONAL EARLY-CAREER MEMBER: A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR 3 YEARS FOR RENEWING STUDENT MEMBERS OF SVP WHO ARE APPROACHING THE END OF THEIR TRAINING TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC AND EMPLOYMENT YEARS. -EMERITUS MEMBER: AVAILABLE TO SVP MEMBERS WHO ARE RETIRED FROM FORMAL EMPLOYMENT AND HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF SVP FOR 30 YEARS (NOT NECESSARILY CONTINUOUSLY). -INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP (A PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS): ELIGIBILITY IS LIMITED TO INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NATIONS, AS DEFINED BY A RANKING OF <0.75 ON THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX. -JUNIOR MEMBER: OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 14-17 YEARS OF AGE WITH PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN AGREEMENT. -HONORARY MEMBER: AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY IN RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. HONORARY MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY DUES AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP MAY BE CREATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ELECTED BY THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B THE BYLAWS MAY BE AMENDED BY APPROVAL FROM A MAJORITY VOTE (51%) OF MEMBERS. THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION MAY BE AMENDED BY APPROVAL FROM A THREE-FOURTHS (3/4) MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY RESPONDING IN THE VOTE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE TREASURER AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ALL ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST SHALL BE FULLY DISCLOSED TO THE ORGANIZATION AND/OR COMMITTEE AS SUCH RELATIONSHIPS OR SITUATIONS ARISE. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED BY THAT BODY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANNUALLY READS AND SIGNS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSES THE NATURE OF ANY EXISTING CONFLICT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.