Oshean Inc.

“Line 14 - document retention and destruction policy the organization's governance committee is in the process of developing and adopting a written document retention and destruction policy.”

“The organization has two classes of membership. The organization's class ii members are subscribers to one or more of the organization's services and have the right to vote on the board of directors. Class i affiliate members are non-voting members who do not qualify as class ii members.”

“The audit committee reviews the form 990 and then recommends its approval to the board of directors. Approval by the board of directors serves as authorization for the form 990 to be signed and filed by an authorized representative of the organization.”

“All employees, officers and directors are provided a copy of the organization's conflict of interest policy and are required to disclose any potential or actual conflict of interest as soon as it is known or reasonably should be known. A conflict-of-interest disclosure statement is completed upon his/her association with oshean and resubmitted annually thereafter.”

“Each year the independent board of directors sets compensation for the organization's president/ceo based upon comparability data, as well as the information provided in a self-evaluation and review form completed by the president/ceo.”

“The organization has no other officers or key employees in addition to the president/ceo as described in 15a.”

“The organization provides copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements upon request.”

“Oshean, inc. Is a non-profit coalition of universities, hospitals, libraries, k-12 schools, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing innovative internet-based technology solutions for its member institutions and the communities they serve. The organization is an active member of the rhode island technology community, regularly contributes expertise and resources to a wide range of initiatives, from school enrichment activities to community forums on technology-related issues in the public interest. Oshean regularly pursues opportunities for local, regional and national collaboration and plays a national leadership role in professional education for it professionals and policy development in the information technology arena. Oshean is dedicated to building, through the use of innovative practices, a communications infrastructure that will serve the needs of rhode island's institutions of higher education, state and federal government agencies, non-profit research organizations, workforce development initiatives, and economic development efforts now and in the future. Oshean is committed to developing network expertise among its member organizations and to creating an environment that encourages collaboration through shared resources, information and expertise.”

“The organization is a member of a multi-state regional networking organization which is also a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. The organizations are not under common control but they do share office space and some administrative expenses.”

“Vmware cos 379,888 0 0 network services 235,487 0 0 cash match 150,000 0 0 networking fees 123,033 0 0 navisite 45,598 0 0 dues and fees 24,579 0 0 dues and fees. 0 24,579 0 research & development 4,186 0 0 taxes 0 689 0 bad debt recoveries -13,770 0 0”