Mail from Board I got yesterday. It seems board is working on many action items but none of those items have a clear timeline.
What is exact this email for? Are you satisfied with this email and status report from board? What do you think the future of NWCS? How many parents will bring their children to this school next year? Many of us have been actively contributing the idea and providing very constructive suggestion for the future of NWCS, but what is the near action item we can provide to board so they can focus on the action rather than strategy?
June 14, 2007
Dear All:
The Board of Directors of NWCS wants to express our sincere gratitude to all of you for actively participating in the Principal Candidate Open Hearing on last Saturday and for continuously supporting NWCS.
We would like to take this opportunity to provide an update on the principal hiring process and other significant issues that the Board is currently working on.
1. New Principal Hiring—we are working with PTA to tabulate and summarize the survey forms. PTA has sent the draft summary to the Board for the survey forms collected on last Saturday. Additional forms from the Seattle campus are being reviewed and tabulated. We expect to receive the final summary shortly, and then the Board will review the results and comments from all the survey forms carefully.
Meanwhile, the Board has been in follow-up communications with the principal candidates. The Board will quickly move to next step for further interview and/or discussion with the candidates, and vote for the principal shortly. We will release the voting result as soon as it is available.
2. Communications with NWCS Teachers—the Board has sent out an open letter to all the teachers expressing appreciation for their hard work and contributions and inviting all the teachers to keep teaching at NWCS in next school year. The Board also established a task force for teacher retention and communication enhancement.
3. Outlining the NWCS Administration Structure and Responsibility—the Board is working on drafting expectations and responsibilities for next NWCS Administration team. The Board is also proactively exploring the strategy and polices for ensuring the smooth operation and expansion of our school.
4. Campus contract/agreement negotiation for both Kirkland and Seattle Campuses—the Board is working hard to set up contact/agreement with Lake Washington Technical College and Gatzert Elementary School in order to secure both campuses for next school year.
We are asking for your continuous support to NWCS and the Board. We are confident that with all of us work together, NWCS will be a better school in the coming years, and our children will have better education and brighter future.
Sincerely,
The NWCS Board
Another Update from Board
Dear NWCS Members,
I am writing this email to give you the latest update on our Principal selection.
1. Thanks to our PTA volunteers! We have completed our survey results from our Open Hearing.
2. The board has been working around the clock to identify the final candidates for our final decision. I am happy to let you know that Cao Xiaohe and Zhang YueHua are our final two candidates. Our interview with them is underway. We hope that we will make our final election in 2-4 days.
Again, thanks for your patience and support!
Thanks!
Peter Huang, Ph.D., PMP
Chair, NWCS Board of Directors
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董事会昨晚的信又一次让大家感到非常失望. 为什么校长的选举结果还不宣布. 过去是正不压斜, 让你们为难. 可是上周六的听证会已经明确显示了广大群众的民意. 你们难道看不到吗? 你们为什么不宣布校长的选举结果? 100 多张票就那末难数吗 ? 一个星期过去了还数不出来吗 ? 明天是西北中文学校最后一天, 你们必须在这学期结束之前宣布校长的选举结果.
董事会昨晚的信又一次让大家感到非常失望. 为什么校长的选举结果还不宣布. 过去是正不压斜, 让你们为难. 可是上周六的听证会已经明确显示了广大群众的民意. 你们难道看不到吗? 你们为什么不宣布校长的选举结果? 100 多张票就那末难数吗 ? 一个星期过去了还数不出来吗 ? 明天是西北中文学校最后一天, 你们必须在这学期结束之前宣布校长的选举结果.
上面这位家长说的好, 西北中文学校已经乱了一个多月了. 整个动乱的起因就来自校长选举, 现在只有宣布校长选举的结果, 这场动乱才能平息下来. 董事会要是真的为中文学校, 就应该在这学期结束之前宣布校长的选举结果. 以此来安定学校, 曾强家长对你们的信心.
there is one thing we parents can do to help NWCS this Saturday. we can impeach Board members that have not been doing their jobs, and elect good ones such as Jerome Jin.
就是。几百张的票难道一个星期还数不完吗？我们家长自己投的票，难道我们家长自己还没有权利知道吗？
有权投票的人理所当然就有权利知道投票结果 - 你们这些高智商的人肯定都明白这个道理。
西北中文学校虽然是Seattle 地区最大的中文学校, 但不是唯一的中文学校. 如果学校还这么乱下去, 我们下学期就不想来西北中文学校了.
真不知道董事会在想什么? 周琳都宣布不参选校长了, 你们还拖着不宣布校长的选举结果. 你们是不是想让西北中文学校继续乱下去, 想让多数家长都不想把孩子送到西北中文学校了, 想让老师们都不愿意来教课了你们才宣布校长的选举结果? 难道董事会真的想把西北中文学校拖垮吗 ?
我有一个建议：明天在picnic的时候，准备9张大纸，每张上面顶上写一个董事的名字。下面分两边：一边赞成，表示赞成这个人当董事；一边反对，表示反对这个人当董事。让家长在上面签名。赞成的在赞成那边签名，反对的在反对的那边签名。如果有三分之二的“反对”签名，这个董事必须下台。你们看怎么样？ 即使仅仅当民意测验也是好的。
董事会为什么不宣布结果呢？难道周琳得票最多，他们又为难了？ 可是周琳已经宣布不选，即使得票高也是毫无意义，对不对？
再说我绝不相信周琳能得多少票，很多人都给她零分，或者一分。那天其他几个候选人都不错，尤其是曹老师。很多家长都认为她是个不错的人选，我觉得她的选票应该很高。如果符合民意的话，像曹老师这样的人当校长应该没什么不妥，拿出去中文学校也挺有面子。关键是学校体制要健全，董事会的眼睛要睁大，那么相信谁当校长都不会再出大错儿。
赶快做决定吧，老是拖着非再拖出点问题不可。By-Law也不是说改就能该好地，不行可以找律师修改。可是校长的事情不能再拖，该马上有结果了。
Regarding to 再说我绝不相信周琳能得多少票:
I am not sure, but I do know one of the parents sitting next to me gave ZL all 5's before the candidates even finished their talk.
Just received the note from board that tomorrow's picnic is canceled. Is this too late to change tomorrow's class chedule to a regular one for what parents paid tuition for?
为了回答这些问题, 董事会应该公布选举分数, 用事实来证明周琳是最低分.
看到董事会的追加快讯,校长将在曹张二人中选出,时限为二到四天,也就是下星期二11:59(最晚)之前.
PERIOD!!!
Looks some good signs that will make the school better!
Bu why did not the PTA chair assign a alternative or representive from PTA or Board to organize this annual picnic. it is only 30% chance of rainning.
"Anonymous said...
there is one thing we parents can do to help NWCS this Saturday. we can impeach Board members that have not been doing their jobs,"
For those parents who still have not giving up on NWCS, and planning to come back to the school next fall. All they need is to have 15 or more parents and teachers to call for special general membership meeting tomorrow to impeach those board members whose qualification are questionable, to say the least. The board should bears its share of blame and responsibility for the current mess and should suffer the consequence accordingly. There are many talented and ethical NWCS parents out there who can serve as BOD for the NWCS do a much better job than what the current board is doing. What positive results has the board produced so far addressing the problems and issues parents have been asking for months???
大家应该耐心一些，给BOARD解决问题的时间。BOARD是大家选出来的，他们也和我们一样只是家长，因为热心，因为关心NWCS这个集体无偿地工作。所以何必太咄咄逼人了呢？！总之大家为中文学校好的心是一致的就好了。
同意上面。其实董事会这一个月挺不容易的，中文学校的这些事情快赶上全职工作了吧？再给他们一点时间，只要周琳不来，其他就容易多了。
梁路平前两天的骂街信给22人集团脸上抹了黑。梁老不保晚节。咽到肚子里的牙还要吐出来，只是多喷出了一口血。
Let's look forward. Not to place any blame to anyone. Unite we win.
Please!
Please do not blame 梁路平. He did a lot of good volunteer work in the past. Please let he go. Otherwise, he will "under stree" and "unintentionally" do ugly things again.
赠路平：
诸葛亮X狗 --- 聪明一世糊涂一时。
You guys are so boring. The whole school is moving forward. You guys are bored to death to joking arround and making fun of good people. This thread is healthy so far. Please don't destroy it.
我们几位家长在此向这个BLOG的主人表示衷心的感谢。想必这也是许多家长的共同感受。正是因为这个BLOG的建立，使得西北中文学校的家长老师有了一个发言和交流信息的地方，而大家的发言更是起到了对BOARD和ADMIN进行监督和促进的作用。
再次感谢这个BLOG的主人，为中文学校、为这个华人社区立了功。
在这里生活久了的人都知道这个国家不鼓励个人英雄主义.最近有些过去不了解学校的精英发现学校有问题,出来帮忙是很好的.但是如果由此出现一种思潮好象过去为学校做事的人都是一钱不值,无能之辈,只有"超级英雄"出世才能救众生于水火,那就难免太自不量力了.
这样想法的人,我相信大多数没有来美定居超过五年的,即使个把人在这里生活了很久,可能也没有真正接受过美国文化.
本人是个无名之辈,但是在这里警告那些自持不凡的人,一看出苗头,本人肯定出头扼杀其在摇篮里,不信您就试把试把.
非常感谢这个BLOG的主人给大家一个畅所欲言的地方. 希望今后能保留这个BLOG, 能让西北中文学校的家长和老师们能有了一个交流信息, 献计献策的地方.
You are welcome. You all are the owners of this blog.
Public governance is one important ingredient for the success of a public organization in this democratic country. We have all see the great result in the past month.
Thanks for many contributors putting many hours to this blog with openness, honesty with mutual respect.
I will close this blog when you all tell me that the "saga" is gone from NWCS. We are all looking forward for that day to come.
We need to keep the blog active so parents and teachers can continue voice their concerns and ideas as needed that othewise would not be heard and also to keep an close eye on the board of directors and admin to make sure they strictly follow the legal and ethical boundry according to school bylaw, and governmental regulations. Keep everyone honest and in check
大家的发言 will continue 对董事会和校长进行民意监督。
I like the idea of keeping this blog. It maybe start becuase of Zhoulin. It can provent another "zhoulin" from being boring too.
坚决打击个人英雄主义！！下一个是谁？一定把他批倒，批臭，叫他永世不得翻身！！
哈哈，搞文革搞出瘾了！
有人提到fund raising花3.7万筹到3.8万的事情，这是一个非常好的问题，应该让董事会调查。
还有图书馆是不是有账？据说那里每年也有少说4万元的年收入， 有人监督查看吗？ 那些钱都到哪里去了？不会都交给“又一轩”了吧？
上一周NWCS most mentioned人
周琳
孙本经
梁陆平
Nancy Wang
立正
刘金浩
Simon Zhang
Jim Miao
胡志华
胡小军
很奇怪，有一个最该出面的人好像一直没有露脸，你知道我想的是谁吗？
“非常感谢这个BLOG的主人给大家一个畅所欲言的地方. 希望今后能保留这个BLOG, 能让西北中文学校的家长和老师们能有了一个交流信息, 献计献策的地方.”
I too really appreciate BLOG的主人给大家一个畅所欲言的地方. It has attracted a lot of readers and contributors who posted many constructive ideas, suggestions as well as valid questions and comments for the most part. As BLOG 主人 stated, “We know everyone is caring our children's future, caring our community and like to make this great Chinese school a better place.”
IT seems to me that there are still plenty of valid concerns and questions raised by the parents and teachers in this blog that remained unanswered. Yes, we all want to put the saga behind and move on and build a better and brighter future for NWCS and its community it served. But to do so, we all need to fully aware of and understand what and why went wrong in the past. 增加监督和透明性. Based on my reading of comments posted in this blog so far, here is the list of top ten questions we will like to hear answer from the Board and the top ten action items the board should put on its agenda now. Some of them are direct quotes from earlier post comments by others;
TOP TEN questions, in no particular order:
1. What is the most important factor the board considered in making its new principal hiring decision?
2. What issue(s) the board has identified regarding the school payroll and other expenses based on the recent review and audit conducted by the board and outside auditor. And what action the board plan to take to address the issues. “学校的帐户不清（参考5月7日周琳转发的电子邮件）
到底是怎么回事？ 我们所有家长和老师要求董事会给我们公开学校账务。
3. What are the PTA fund raising expenses consist of?
4. On what basis did past board handed out HUGH bonus to the principal ZL? “ZhouLin said board acknowledged her work and performance level and gave her bonuses for the first 3 semesters (1.5 years?). If so, what is board expected principal to do (the roles and responsibility), and how is the work of principal measured (balanced budget, reduce tuition, higher parents satisfaction, enrollment number, test passing rate, teacher/student ratio, etc.) What were the factors that board considered to give out bonuses to Zhou Lin?”
5. Did School strictly following not for profit related governing laws and regulations in terms of financial and tax reporting to the federal and state government? i.e. has the registration with the State of Washington been timely renewed yet? Payroll and information tax returns properly and timely filed and can face possible examination and inquiry by the watchdog agencies?
6. Why there are huge cash surplus sitting on the bank in the first place? “Why didn't these money spend on the education of our children? Just because we parents want our children learn Chinese and the culture, so we'd have to pay higher tuition such that they can save these money for God know what for?"
7. Has the past election of board members followed the School Bylaw and met the quantum requirement?
8. Did school admin and board follow the finance guidance to avoid conflict of interest and personal benefit, when dealing with outside venders and suppliers, did reimbursement policy properly followed?
“I wonder whether we have some kind of internal control in place so that abuse of power would be prevented. for example, do we have dual signature in place for NWCS checks? or do we have a Finance Committee on the Board that will oversee the financial management of NWCS? do we have someone from the Board/Finance Committee review bank reconciliations?”
9. Why was the School directory consisting of complete list of admin member and teachers taken out of the NWCS webpage?
10. Who is the OWNER of NWCS?
To be continued
Nancy Said:
Thanks for your email. The funding raising income is generated by selling 99 Ranch Market ticket. I will make note on the financial report. I haven’t seen any problem so far. I suggest you send email to dongshi02@nwchinese.org. I will be glad to answer your questions.
The non profit organization registration form was filed to State on May 31st. It might be because State has updated the website. But I will check it on Monday. Thanks for letting me know.
June 16, 2007 12:11 AM
Anonymous said...
Sorry, I mean state has NOT updated the website.
June 16, 2007 12:13 AM
Pretty clear now.
Reading the Statement of Operations (P&L), we can see Fundraising Revenue is 39K (sold to Parents) and Cost is 36K (paid to Ranch 99), Net Revenue (Gain) is 3K.
Given the capacity of financial transactions of the School through its financial statment, I really doubt there is any fatal problem.
TOP TEN TO DO LIST BOARD MAY NEED TO PUT IN ITS AGENDA NOW.
This is just an outsider’s personal take, who has never been involved in school in any capacity other then as a tuition paying parent, and is largely based on issues and concerns being revealed and/or still undisclosed, as discussed in this great blog. I am sure there are others who have better ideas and look forward to hearing from you. I must admit that the BOD has taken positive steps already in some of the priority listed here and I salute them for that.
1. Make the final determination on principal selection as soon as possible. This is of course the top priority. And publish the survey result of 6/9/2007 public hearing, with explanation of what criterion the board used to distinguish the final two candidates. Board can add comments and notes on how they see and interpret survey results.
2. Monitor and make certain upcoming summer program is managed and run professionally and smoothly.
3. With NWSC and general public’s best interest in mind, negotiate a reasonable contract with new principal on pay, performance standard, evaluation criterion, reporting requirement and consequence of failure to meet the specific expectation and goals.
4. Finalized campus lease renewal contracts for main and Seattle campus for fall term.
5. Determine and specify teacher’s pay scale, bonus policy, performance standard for new principal to implement and make certain new principal follow such guidance. Review and approve teacher contracts initiated by the principal.
6. Have new principal sent out open letter and proposals to NWCS community detailing his or her vision and plans in managing day to day (in essence is weekly) school academic activities before the Fall term starts to attract current and new parents enroll in NWCS.
7. Given the uncertainties created by recent controversy, in addition to requesting current teachers coming back to teach next term, the board may also want to sent out open letter and survey form to all current student’s parents (by email of course to save cost), ask parents what they think of the schools, do they plan for coming back in September and solicit suggestions in improving NWCS.
8. Revise School By-Law, stated mission and Finance Guidance to reflect current status and operation of NWCS and address correct issues exposed recently, submit draft to NWCS for comments and prepare final version for approval by holding special general membership meeting at the beginning of fall term.
9. Based on the newly adopted bylaw, draft and/or revise Code of Ethic and procedure handbooks for board members, school admin (principal via contract) Teachers, and PTA volunteers. Publish on school website.
10. And last but not least, communicate regularly with NWCS members and update any major progress and actions board has been working on to ease the anxiety of parents and teachers, minimize second guessing and clear the doubts raised by parents and teachers.
Best wishes to the continue growth and success of NWCS.
Given the fact of none of financial goals being targeted, I don't think anyone in this School should be paid Bonus, going forward.
They could be appreciated based on their effort and performance, but not paid as Bonus.
AGREED the above comment. Do away with bonus system goes a long way to prevent similar disputes suround ZL's and teacher's pay in the futurn. Give teachers and principal fair and competitive wages and reward then with public appreciation rather than dispoportionly large bonus (compared the the salary received.)
We all know that most teachers in NWCS are also parents, They come to teach for the love of Chinese community and kids instead of money. They just felt that the huge pay principal received was clearly excessive and unjustified.
something like BEST TEACHER AWARD or CERTIFICATE.
In some classes parents who appreciate the great job of teachers have been volunteerly present token gifts to the teachers.
I have heard that some teacher was paied for $800 for whole year. I wonder with such low pay to teachers why we still have to pay so much tuition?
How can we keep good teachers with this kind of salary? Is it enough to cover gas bill to drive to school?
I agree with that some parent here said "We all know that most teachers in NWCS are also parents, They come to teach for the love of Chinese community and kids instead of money. They just felt that the huge pay principal received was clearly excessive and unjustified." That is why even "some teacher was paied for $800 for whole year" they still like teaching here.
Love, Love, Love.
This is because a NWCS bookkeeper is paid more than $10K a year! She herself said. Why? So Zhou Lin can use her to move money around.
Vice principales pays are half of those. A teach is paid less than $1K a year. Some one need to get a IRS or state atterney general involved to investigate NWCS - a non-profit organization.
Mr./Ms L. Chen? Are you there???
During summer 2006, Zhou Lin spent less than 10 hour on summer program and pocketed $6K. She, or NWCS, broke the law govern non-profite org.
Have you heard that Zhou Lin now is shamelessly asking the board to give her bonus for the just finished semester? How dare her?
The NWCS should fine her because her screw ups in the last 2 month.
We should all write to the board to stop giving Zhou Lin bonus.
IT IS DEFINATELY IMMORAL AND EVEN ILLEGAL TO GIVE ZL A DIME MORE FOR BONUS PAYMENT! Based on what she deserve bonus from NWCS under the circumstances? Tell us parents and teachers, dear 董事会 members! If it is true that ZL is so shameless to make such demand, and the board think it can just give her the money and let her go away,it will be a fatal mistake. Whoever vote for bonus to ZL need to be impeached and be prepared to face the legal challenge. Search your soul and think twice about your duty of due care to NWSC and the society before you vote in this matter, Mr. and Ms 董事会 members. This is another question we need to demand clear answer from the board. 非常失望, 非常失望, 非常失望.
Then all we just need is to fire ZL for her misconduct. No contract will be honored. She will not get a single DIME nor a face.
The contract provision regarding ZL's pay package is voidable because ZL DO NOT fulfil her side of bargain. As many has said before, she should have been fired. Read L Chen's post in previous blog.
评论: BLOGGING时究竟是署名还是匿名?
西北中文学校的问题要想得到真正彻底地解决,做到长治久安,还得靠扩大家长的关心,尤其是参与.从本BLOG的言论中可看出一个奇特的现象:署名评论者寥寥无几,匿名评论者却比比皆是.怀有恶意者需匿名,因其是过街老鼠.但为何好多有上佳建议和主张的人也得匿名,不愿挺身而出呢?这说明一现象:NWCS的民主评论环境不正常,说的轻一点,至少是言者怕被他人说三道四.当前首先得创造一个健康的政治环境,使人人都能毫无顾忌地畅抒己见.只有在一个民主的制度中,兴”明争”,克”暗斗”,才能出现结思广义,群策群力.好决策都是在”明争”中产生并完善的.而暗斗既不能产生好决策,它还破坏了团体内部的团结,把现有的仅省的制度都搞垮.因此,我恳求诸位都能继续积极地参与,纷纷站出来,互动促”明争”,克己除”暗斗”.立于民主之壤,人人言其衷,个个属”英雄”.
I hate ZL for the damages she brought to NWCS, but one of my best friend is in her team. I think my speak openly might irritates my good friend, so I choose anonymous.
SEAR JEROME JIN,
I admire your courage for willing to speaking out publicly and make personal committment to help NWCS. and I would like to follow your example but can't (my spouse would not allow me. My family comes first.)
But I am sorry I cannot agreed with you that 匿名评论 is less helpfu, or is for 暗斗. As long as the there are valid points and anonymous individual has not any bad motive or personal agenda, I just do not see anything wrong to remain anonymous. Readers has enough IQ to tell and separate the few bad apples appears in this blog.
If the BOD really care about what parents and teachers' idea on NWCS affairs, The BOD should seriously consider to have the School website to include a blog area for us parents and teachers to voice their opinions.
Discouraging or supressing different opinions voiced for the sake of "unity" or "protecting Schools image/reputation" is a lame excuse by the BOD for not open a public dialouge on school affairs. What is that we have to email to them directly to show our sincerelity? To me, laying out the issues and address it publicly so every parents and teachers have the opporunity to know what is going on will enhance (or repair?) NWCS's image in the long run.
Anonymous.
I mean "dear" at the beginning, not "Sear", sorry.
"During summer 2006, Zhou Lin spent less than 10 hour on summer program and pocketed $6K."
No. According to the report on NWCS's website, Zhou Lin grabbed $10,939.32 from the school's 2006 summer program.
I think we can ask ZL to return most of this $10,939.32 to NWCS because it is the excess benefit under IRS rule. How do you think?
And that nearly $11,000 figure did not include who knows how much "reimbursement" she received from the school for mileage, phone bills etc, etc..
Dear Anonymous,
Your disagreement is well taken. But what I meant by “in-fights in dark” did not direct at those anonymous commentators whose intentions are positive and for the good of the school. Instead, my target is at those who want to instigate in-fights among us. Look at some the postings out there! You can certainly tell which is what and differentiate the positive from the negative. Thanks!
ZL has done enough damage to NWCS's summer program, why NWCS should award someone who almost destroyed it's summer program?
The bottom line is: ZL should hold accountability in her role as GM. Board should cut her salary due to the bad performance instead of giving her $10,939.32
"Have you heard that Zhou Lin now is shamelessly asking the board to give her bonus for the just finished semester? How dare her?
" 太不可置信了！董事会如果有给她一分钱的想法就该给罢免。你们大概也看见过L Chen的信了吧。
“第三种叫Excess Benefit，是指在里面的人员尤其是和决策层有关的人员，其得益大于其为该机构做出的贡献。I.R.C. Code Sec. 4958详细规定了对501(c)(3)和501(c)(4)里面DQs的惩罚。假如一个人应该拿$10000却拿了$20000，那么，不仅征收其多拿的25%的惩罚税，即$2500，并且必须把多拿的$10000加利息退还。如果到时没有退还，则加收200%的惩罚税，即$20000。在501(c)(3)和501(c)(4)里面，凡是不合理的薪水都可能犯这一罪状。什么是合理？其它类似机构对同样的位置付多少薪水，正是判断该DQs的薪水是否合理的标准之一。不仅如此，该条款还要直接追究批准者的责任并罚款10%，即$1000。所以，如果校长的薪水不合理，即使是董事会批准的也不行，因为董事会也不能损害全社会的利益。注意，现在的董事会成员们，你们如果续签校长的合同，尤其是在已经知道其他学校的薪水情况以后(见Qi Wang和Wo先生的Email)，你们就得承担自己的法律责任，你们的责任保险恐怕也保护不了你们。我这儿可绝对不是吓唬谁威胁谁，不信，自己去网上查Internal Revenue Code: Sec. 4958，Taxes on excess benefit transactions。”
It is beyond dispute that the nearly $11,000 payment to Ms. ZL for her work at Summer program constitute as "excessive beneift".
What counts as a “benefit”?
All financial transaction, including:
-Payments as an employee (whether reported in a W-2 or not)
-Payments as an independent contractor (whether reported in a 1099 or not)
-Revenue-sharing models
-Severance pay
-Transfer of property
-“Perks” (such as dinners, entertainment, spouse’s travel costs, etc)
What NWCS BOD should DO?, Instead of paying Ms. ZL more, BOD should stop any more payments and must file Form 4720 to inform the IRS about the Excess Benefit Transaction. (ZL's compensation package.)
Informing the IRS and correcting the problem as soon as BOD notice any excess benefits can save you taxes and penalties. Otherwise, NWCS might get hit with “Intermediate Sanctions”, as already correctly pointed out by L Chen:
The disqualified person may have to pay a 25% tax on the excess benefits (or, failing to do so, may be penalized a 200% tax by the IRS!)
Members of the governing body (BOD, not the school itself) who approved the excess benefit may have to pay a 10% tax as well.
关于周琳这学期的奖金问题, 请董事会一定要按着法律办事, 并将董事会的决定公布给全体家长.
下面是L Chen 关于这个问题的原文:
第三种叫Excess Benefit，是指在里面的人员尤其是和决策层有关的人员，其得益大于其为该机构做出的贡献。I.R.C. Code Sec. 4958详细规定了对501(c)(3)和501(c)(4)里面DQs的惩罚。假如一个人应该拿$10000却拿了$20000，那么，不仅征收其多拿的25%的惩罚税，即$2500，并且必须把多拿的$10000加利息退还。如果到时没有退还，则加收200%的惩罚税，即$20000。在501(c)(3)和501(c)(4)里面，凡是不合理的薪水都可能犯这一罪状。什么是合理？其它类似机构对同样的位置付多少薪水，正是判断该DQs的薪水是否合理的标准之一。不仅如此，该条款还要直接追究批准者的责任并罚款10%，即$1000。所以，如果校长的薪水不合理，即使是董事会批准的也不行，因为董事会也不能损害全社会的利益。注意，现在的董事会成员们，你们如果续签校长的合同，尤其是在已经知道其他学校的薪水情况以后(见Qi Wang和Wo先生的Email)，你们就得承担自己的法律责任，你们的责任保险恐怕也保护不了你们。我这儿可绝对不是吓唬谁威胁谁，不信，自己去网上查Internal Revenue Code: Sec. 4958，Taxes on excess benefit transactions。
L Chen曾经大方地免费给我们上了一些法制课。最近广大家长又积极又耐心地给我们的董事们进行了考前辅导，如果董事们就是考不过的话，那么事实证明你也就是不该在董事会里占这个座，自己该知道哪个角落适合自己蹲吧？！
"梁路平前两天的骂街信给22人集团脸上抹了黑。梁老不保晚节。咽到肚子里的牙还要吐出来，只是多喷出了一口血"。
what kind of letter? who has it?
"what kind of letter? who has it?"
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