Interaction American Council for Voluntary International Action Inc.

“Interaction's bylaws specify that members shall be organizations that are tax exempt, have purposes and work consistent with interaction's purposes, and agree to pay dues.”

“Representatives of member organizations meet at least annually for the purposes of electing directors to the board of directors and transacting other business that may come before the meeting.”

“After it is prepared by staff and the organization's external auditor, form 990 is circulated to the audit committee and the executive committee of the board of directors for review and comment. After incorporating edits based on committee review form 990 is circulated to all members of the board of directors.”

“In january of each year all members of the board and staff are required to complete interaction's conflict of interest disclosure form, even if nothing has changed from the prior year or the individual has no potential conflicts to disclose. A tally is maintained to assure that all forms are submitted. If a member of the board discloses a potential conflict, that information is brought to the attention of the chair of the board, and the board member is required to excuse him/herself from any business involving interaction and the other organization. The chair determines whether the nature of the potential conflict is such that it must be brought to the attention of the executive committee and/or the full board. If a member of the staff discloses a potential conflict, that information is brought to the attention of the ceo, and the staff member is informed that s/he must excuse him/herself from any business involving interaction and the other organizations. The ceo determines whether the nature of the potential conflict is such that the employee must withdraw from the other organization in order to continue at interaction.”

“The ceo's compensation is determined by the board chair in consultation with the executive committee of the board. The decision is based on: a review, documented in writing, of the ceo's performance related to goals and benchmarks previously set; a review of salaries for comparable positions based on publicly available information (such as forms 990 and salary surveys) for comparable positions in the area; and discussion among members of the committee. The board chair discusses the overall review and salary recommendation with the ceo and final materials are placed in the ceo's personnel file.”

“Interaction's annual report is presented on its web site. Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public at interaction's offces upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“The process for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant that audited the financial statements has been consistent with prior years.”

“The form 990 was amended to correctly reflect that the accrual accounting method was used to prepare the form 990.”