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@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ of prior decisions that can be consulted to guide future ones.
 The Executive Director will oversee the process of securing all donations (except
 for small individual donations, which are automated). If there is a donation that
 might be questionable, they will refer the matter to the Donations Committee. It
-is in the ED's incentive to make such referrals if there is any doubt, as doing
+is in the ED's interest to make such referrals if there is any doubt, as doing
 so protects the ED from making a poor (solo) decision.
 
 In order to bootstrap this process, this document includes the following guidelines