Accredited Certifiers Association Inc

“4.01 Designation and Election of Officers a) The Officers of the corporation shall be a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board may designate other Officers”

“2.01 Membership Categories: The ACA recognizes two categories of members, certification agency members and supporting members.”

“Officers shall be elected annually by majority vote of the Board of Directors. The Board may vote to elect Officers at any time and each Officer shall hold office for one year or until he or she resigns or is removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, whichever occurs first.”

“Connie Karr - Oregon Tilth PO Box 368 Corvallis, OR 97339 Jennifer Berkebile - PCO Certified Organic 106 School Street, Suite 201 Spring Mills, PA 16875 Stephen Nix - Clemson University, Department of Plant Industry 511 Westinghouse Road Pendleton, SC 29670 Amber Pool - CCOF Certification Services 2155 Delaware Avenue, Suite 150 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Beth Rota - Quality Certification Services 5700 SW 34th Street, Suite 349, Gainesville, Fl 32608 Sam Welsch - OneCert, Inc. #9B 2124 Y Street, Flat 208 Linclon, NE 68503 Nathaniel Lewis - Ecocert USA 2498 Perry Crossing Way, Suite 210 Plainfield, IN 46168 Elizabeth Figueredo - Quality Assurance International 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92122”

“4.05 Duties of the Treasurer The Treasurer shall be responsible for undertaking such financial, accounting and control duties as are assigned by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall also: a) Keep and maintain or cause to keep and maintain adequate and correct accounts of the corporation's transactions, which shall be exhibited at reasonable times to any Director or Officer. b) Oversee the financial statements to be included in any required reports. c) In conjunction with staff and members of the Finance Committee, prepare an annual budget for approval by the Board of Directors. d) Serve as chair of the Finance Committee. e) In general, perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as may be required by law, by these Bylaws or which may be assigned to the treasurer from time to time by the Board of Directors”

“The Board of directors must sign the Board Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy disclose any conflict of interests on an annual basis.”

“4.01 Designation and Election of Officers a) The Officers of the corporation shall be a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board may designate other Officers. b) Officers shall be elected annually by majority vote of the Board of Directors. The Board may vote to elect Officers at any time and each Officer shall hold office for one year or until he or she resigns or is removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, whichever occurs first. It shall be the duty of the chair, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the Vice Chair, to provide ;eadership, guide the corporation regularly with offices, committees and staff. This oversight shall include all of the activities of the staff, implenmentation of budget, policy, and programa as established by the board, travel, and presenting annual written evaluations of the Exective Director or other primary staff person to the Board of Directors.”

“Form 990, Part Vl, Line 18, Public Disclosure - The board makes its governing documents, conflict of interest statement and financial statement available for public inspections upon request”

“6.02 Maintenance and Inspection of Bylaws The ACA shall keep the original or a copy of these Bylaws, as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times during office hours.”

“Letter from the IRS SAYING HAVE TO USED 990 FORM INSTEAD OF 990-EZ”

“Contract Labor”