# Article 9: Prohibition Against Sharing Corporate Profits and Assets ## Article 9: Prohibition Against Sharing Corporate Profits and Assets ### 9.1. Prohibition Against Sharing Corporate Profits and Assets No director, officer, employee, or other person connected with this organization, or any private individual, shall receive at any time any of the net earnings or pecuniary profit from the operations of the organization, provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent payment to any such person of reasonable compensation for services performed for the organization in effecting any of its public or charitable purposes, provided that such compensation is otherwise permitted by these Bylaws and is fixed by Resolution of the Board of Directors; and no such person or person shall be entitled to share in the distribution of, and shall not receive, any of the corporate assets of dissolution of the organization. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://governance.svgmc.org/governing-documents/svgmc-bylaws/article-9-prohibition-against-sharing-corporate-profits-and-assets.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.