Usenix Association

“The USENIX Association has over 2700 members worldwide. This is a community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, researchers, educators and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world.”

“Members of USENIX elect the Board of Directors and Officers in an election held every two years. A nominating committee submits candidates at least sixteen weeks prior to the election. Five members, acting together, may also submit a candidate. The officers and directors govern according to the bylaws of the organization.The Bylaws are posted on the association's website: www.usenix.org.”

“USENIX members decide whether or not to accept changes to the bylaws approved by the Board of Directors. Members can override the Board's change if a certain percent (25%) reply in writing that they object to the bylaw change. The amendment will then not take effect until the members vote to rescind.”

“The Form 990 is emailed to the Board of Directors for review after it is prepared. Any feedback or questions are directed to the accountant preparing the return for investigation, explanation and resolution. Filing of the Form 990 may occur prior to all Directors having an opportunity to review it, but all questions are addressed and resolved.”

“At the first Board of Directors meeting after an election, each officer and director is required to submit a list of potential conflicts of interest. If a conflict exists, that person abstains from participation in discussions of, and votes regarding, that matter.”

“The Board of Directors reviews/sets the compensation arrangements for the Exectutive Directors on an annual basis. Comparability data is gathered and reviewed in executive session, without the Executive Directors present. Minutes of these meetings are recorded contemporaneously. Staff salaries are proposed by the Executive Directors and are approved by the Board as part of the Budget approval process.”

“Association bylaws and policies are posted on the organization's website: www.usenix.org. The financial statements are also posted on this site in ;login:.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Member benefits and publications:Magazine (;login:) published six times a year. USENIX keeps membership apprised of the latest developments in the field and reports on the conference events. A section of the USENIX web-site contains all the back issues as well. Proceedings and products: The proceedings of each conference are published, and they are available to members and non-members at no charge on the USENIX website after each conference and are available indefinitely. Video-recordings of most conferences are also made available on the USENIX web site at no charge. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: The USA Computing Olympiad is a computer problem solving contest for high school students run by Dr. Brian Dean of Clemson University. Originally founded by Dr. Don Piele and developed with the assistance of Rob Kolstad, this group runs the US competition to select the USA team which competes at the International Olympiad in Informatics. USENIX provides funding for the preliminary rounds and publicity. Winners go on to the International Computer Olympiad. This is part of USENIX' continued committment to fostering pre-college computing. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The USENIX student stipend program offers grants to enable full-time students to attend USENIX conferences, workshops and symposia. In the year 2013, awards were made to 167 students from many different institutions. Since 1990, this program has made over 3524 awards. These grants were for travel, hotel and registration expenses. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Affiliations - CRA: USENIX is an affiliate member of the Computing Research Association, and has been a sponsor of some of its activities.”

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