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This excerpt taken from the FUN DEF 14A filed Mar 31, 2009.

Board Committees

The Board has three committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each Committee is composed entirely of independent Directors, as that term is defined in the NYSE listing standards, and each member of the Audit Committee is independent as required under Section 301 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Each Committee’s charter, the Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Code of Conduct and Ethics are available on the Partnership’s website at www.cedarfair.com and available in print to any unitholder upon request. Each Committee conducts an annual evaluation of its performance, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee annually conducts an evaluation of the Board.

The members of the Board and the committees of the Board on which they serve as of the date of this proxy statement are identified below.

 

Director

  

Audit
Committee

  

Compensation
Committee

  

Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Committee

        

Darrel D. Anderson

   *      

Richard S. Ferreira

   **    *   

Richard L. Kinzel

        

Michael D. Kwiatkowski

   *    **    *

Steven H. Tishman

        

David Paradeau

         **

C. Thomas Harvie

      *    *

 

  *

Member

  **

Chair

 

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The Audit Committee is responsible for appointing and meeting with the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm and for assisting the Board in its oversight of the financial statement reporting, internal audit and risk management functions. The Audit Committee met five times in 2008. The Board has determined that each Committee member is financially literate, and Richard S. Ferreira, the chair of the Committee, is the designated financial expert. The Audit Committee’s report is at page 35 of this proxy statement.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the Partnership’s compensation and employee benefit policies and programs, and recommending related actions, as well as executive compensation decisions, to the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee met three times in 2008. The Compensation Committee Report is at page 32 of this proxy statement. Compensation decisions for the chief executive officer are made by the Compensation Committee, together with the Board of Directors, based upon its review of his performance and the performance of the Partnership. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to non-CEO compensation, incentive compensation plans and equity-based compensation based on discussions with and recommendations of the chief executive officer. On an annual basis, the chief executive officer reviews all of his direct reports, including the other named executive officers, and all of the regional vice presidents and park general managers. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Determining Executive Compensation” for additional detail. The Committee has discretion to hire outside consulting firms, and in January 2009, the Committee engaged Pearl Meyer, an outside consulting firm, to conduct a review of its compensation program for executive officers.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for recommending criteria for service as a director, identifying qualified Director nominees to enhance the Board, for recommending the fees paid to the Directors and Board Committee members for services in those capacities, and for playing a leadership role in shaping the governance of CFMI. The Committee believes candidates for the Board should have the ability to exercise objectivity and independence in making informed business decisions; the highest integrity; extensive knowledge, experience and judgment; loyalty to the interests of the Partnership and its unitholders; and a willingness to devote the extensive time necessary to fulfill a director’s duties. The Committee conducts all necessary and appropriate inquiries into the background and qualifications of Board candidates meeting these criteria. In 2008, this Committee met four times.

Due to Cedar Fair’s limited partnership structure, there is currently no procedure by which unitholders can nominate Directors. This is consistent with the general governance of other limited partnerships.

This excerpt taken from the FUN DEF 14A filed Mar 28, 2008.

Board Committees

The Board has three committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each Committee is composed entirely of independent Directors, as that term is defined in the NYSE listing standards, and each member of the Audit Committee is independent as required under Section 301 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Each Committee’s charter, the Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Code of Conduct and Ethics are available on the Partnership’s website at www.cedarfair.com and available in print to any unitholder upon request. Each Committee conducts an annual evaluation of its performance, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee annually conducts an evaluation of the Board.

The members of the Board and the committees of the Board on which they serve as of the date of this proxy statement are identified below.

 

Director

  

Audit

Committee

  

Compensation
Committee

  

Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Committee

        

Darrel D. Anderson

   *      

Richard S. Ferreira

   **    *   

Richard L. Kinzel

        

Michael D. Kwiatkowski

   *    **    *

Steven H. Tishman

        

David Paradeau

         **

C. Thomas Harvie

      *    *

 

  *

Member

  **

Chair

The Audit Committee is responsible for appointing and meeting with the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm and for assisting the Board in its oversight of the financial statement reporting, internal audit and risk management functions. The Audit Committee met five times in 2007. The Board has determined that each Committee member is financially literate, and Richard S. Ferreira, the chair of the Committee, is the designated financial expert. The Audit Committee’s report is at page 38 of this proxy statement.

 

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The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the Partnership’s compensation and employee benefit policies and programs, and recommending related actions, as well as executive compensation decisions, to the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee met six times in 2007. The Compensation Committee Report is at page 35 of this proxy statement. Compensation decisions for the chief executive officer are made by the Compensation Committee and are subject to Board approval. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to non-CEO compensation, incentive compensation plans and equity-based compensation based on discussions with the chief executive officer. The Committee has the discretion to hire outside consulting firms and has done so in the past, but did not hire a consultant in 2007.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for recommending criteria for service as a director, identifying qualified Director nominees to enhance the Board, for recommending the fees paid to the Directors and Board Committee members for services in those capacities, and for playing a leadership role in shaping the governance of CFMI. The Committee believes candidates for the Board should have the ability to exercise objectivity and independence in making informed business decisions; the highest integrity; extensive knowledge, experience and judgment; loyalty to the interests of the Partnership and its unitholders; and a willingness to devote the extensive time necessary to fulfill a director’s duties. The Committee conducts all necessary and appropriate inquiries into the background and qualifications of Board candidates meeting these criteria. This Committee met one time in 2007.

Due to Cedar Fair’s limited partnership structure, there is currently no procedure by which unitholders can nominate Directors. This is consistent with the general governance of other limited partnerships.

This excerpt taken from the FUN DEF 14A filed Apr 6, 2007.

Board Committees

The Board has three committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each Committee is composed entirely of independent Directors, as that term is defined in the NYSE listing standards. Each Committee’s charter, the Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Code of Conduct and Ethics are available on the Partnership’s website at www.cedarfair.com and available in print to any unitholder upon request. Each Committee conducts an annual evaluation of its performance, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee annually conducts an evaluation of the Board.

The members of the Board and the committees of the Board on which they serve as of the date of this proxy statement are identified below.

 

Director

  

Audit

Committee

  

Compensation

Committee

  

Nominating and

Corporate Governance
Committee

        

Darrel D. Anderson

      *    *

Richard S. Ferreira

   **    *    *

Richard L. Kinzel

        

Michael D. Kwiatkowski

   *    **    *

David L. Paradeau

      *    **

Steven H. Tishman

        

Thomas A. Tracy

   *      

 

  *

Member

  **

Chair

The Audit Committee is responsible for appointing and meeting with the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm and for assisting the Board in its oversight of the financial statement reporting, internal audit and risk management functions. The Audit Committee met 5 times in 2006. All of the members of the Audit Committee are independent as required under Section 301 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the NYSE listing standards and the Partnership’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Board has determined that each Committee member is financially literate, and Richard S. Ferreira, the chair of the Committee, is the designated financial expert. The Audit Committee’s report is at page 27 of this proxy statement.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the Partnership’s compensation and employee benefit policies and programs, and recommending related actions, as well as executive compensation decisions, to the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee met 4 times in 2006. The Compensation Committee Report is at page 24 of this proxy statement. Compensation decisions for the chief executive officer are made by the Compensation Committee and are subject to Board approval. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to non-CEO compensation, incentive compensation plans and equity-based compensation based on discussions with the chief executive officer. The Committee has engaged Pearl Meyer, an outside consulting firm, to conduct an annual review of its total compensation program for executive officers. The Committee also engaged Watson Wyatt to analyze the compensation of certain named executive officers with companies of our comparable size after the acquisition of Paramount Parks in 2006.

 

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for recommending criteria for service as a director, identifying qualified director nominees to enhance the Board, and for playing a leadership role in shaping the governance of CFMI. The Committee believes candidates for the Board should have the ability to exercise objectivity and independence in making informed business decisions; the highest integrity; extensive knowledge, experience and judgment; loyalty to the interests of the Partnership and its unitholders; and a willingness to devote the extensive time necessary to fulfill a director’s duties. The Committee conducts all necessary and appropriate inquiries into the background and qualifications of Board candidates meeting these criteria. This Committee met 2 times in 2006.

Due to Cedar Fair’s limited partnership structure, there is currently no procedure by which unitholders can nominate directors. This is consistent with the general governance of other limited partnerships.

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