North East Association for Institutional Research

“Steering committee members of the organization are general members of the organization.”

“The nominations committee monitors the election process. Any member may nominate themself or someone else. The committee ascertains the willingness of nominees to be placed on the ballot, supplements the process with candidates when necessary and places all nominations on the ballot which is disseminated to members 6 weeks before conference voting takes place utilizing memberleaps software. Voting remains open for 3 weeks. Positions are filled by majority vote. New officers and steering committee members take control at annual conference meeting.”

“While the governing board documents the committees activities in the meeting minutes, no committee has the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer of the steering committee, and the preparer. The form 990 is then distributed to all members of the finance committee and the steering committee for their review and comments. A period of time is designated for this review. After comments are received, the return is submitted to the irs.”

“While there is no formal process for enforcement of the conflict of interest policy, questionnaires are sent out to the leadership team members regarding conflict of interests. All leadership team members are required to complete the questionnaire and disclose any conflict, or potential conflict to the president or treasurer and seek resolution of the issue.”

“The form 990 is available on the internet at www.guidestar.org.”

“The governing documents are made available to the general public upon request. The form 990 is also available on the internet at www.guidestar.org. The governing documents are made available to the general public upon request.”

“Administrative consultant”