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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PART X, LINE 2:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE CLUB IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(7) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ("IRC"). IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRC REGULATIONS, THE CLUB IS TAXED ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME, WHICH CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF INVESTMENT INCOME AND EARNINGS FROM ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE NOT RELATED TO THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE CLUB. THE CLUB ACCOUNTS FOR TAX UNCERTAINTIES BASED ON A MORE LIKELY THAN NOT RECOGNITION THRESHOLD WHEREBY TAX BENEFITS ARE ONLY RECOGNIZED WHEN THE CLUB BELIEVES THAT THEY HAVE A GREATER THAN 50% LIKELIHOOD OF BEING SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED ALL ITS TAX POSITIONS AND DETERMINED THAT IT HAD NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THE CLUB IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2011.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>COST OF GOODS SOLD SHOWN NET OF REVENUE ON 990 NOT ON FINANCIALS -151,744. INTEREST INCOME SHOWN NET ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 179.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>COST OF GOODS SOLD SHOWN NET OF REVENUE ON 990 NOT ON FINANCIALS 151,744. INTEREST INCOME SHOWN NET ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -179.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION IS A RECREATIONAL SOCIAL CLUB WHICH ISSUES VARIOUS LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP TO ITS MEMBERS. EACH LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP COMES WITH CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS TO THE USE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FACILITIES. THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, RESIDENT MEMBERS, LEGACY MEMBERS, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS DETERIMED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SHALL PLACE IN NOMINATION THE SHAREHOLDING MEMBERS SELECTED. FURTHER NOMINATIONS OF OTHER SHAREHOLDING MEMBERS MAY THEREAFTER BE MADE FROM THE FLOOR FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS FOR ENSUING YEARS. ELECTION SHALL BE BY BALLOT AND THE NOMINEES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR TEH VACATED POSITIONS SHALL BE ELECTED DIRECTORS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>A COPY OF FORM 990 AND 990-T ARE EMAILED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AFTER IT IS FILED.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.</ExplanationTxt>
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