Safe Association

“All members in good standing and honorary life members are entitled to one vote in general and special meetings and elections. 1. Members a. All members who are now on the list of active members shall continue as active members as long as they retain their membership in good standing. B. An applicant for membership should have duties or interests related to advancing the cause of personal safety in all environments. C. Application must be made on the form as approved by the board. Each application shall be received and processed by the association administrator who is a member of the association, or other member as required by the board. Dues are paid at the time of application submittal. The name of the member will be published in an official publication of the association. 2. Senior members this is the highest grade of membership in the association for which application may be made. The candidate must be an engineer, scientist, or technologist in the fields encompassed by the association. The candidate shall have been in the practice for a period of not less than ten years and have demonstrated performance over at least five of those years. Performance includes invention, development of equipment, research, testing, development of safety procedures, teaching, publication of papers, presentations at the technical symposium of the association, etc. The candidate must have been a member of the association for a minimum of seven continuous years. 3. Corporate and sustaining members the board shall admit as corporate and sustaining members those companies, associations, foundations, groups, or individuals contributing annually to the association a sum designated by the board, and who meet eligibility requirements as established by the board. Upon their approval and acceptance by the board, corporate and sustaining members shall be listed in the next issue of an official association publication and shall receive such other services as the board shall deem appropriate. Corporate and sustaining members shall have the privilege of a maximum of two representatives attending all meetings of the association. These representatives retain voting rights at all meetings of the association except board meetings. 4. Honorary life members a. Honorary life members shall consist of those who have been and will be elected from among those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of personal safety. Honorary life members shall be entitled to vote. They shall pay no dues or initiation fee and shall receive all of the official publications of the association. B. The board shall have the power to select not more than two honorary life members annually. This selection is to be accomplished during the annual awards selection and announced during the annual symposium.”

“Elections and proposals elections shall be held annually. Only members in good standing shall be entitled to vote in the election of officers and/or proposals. All eligible voting members shall be verified by the safe certified public accountant based on an updated membership list provided by the association administrator. Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of those voting members. Members shall be notified of each election or proposal requiring membership ballot by mail, posted a minimum of four weeks prior to the scheduled ballot. A mail ballot shall be included with the notification. If a ballot has not been returned at the stated election/proposal deadline, it is assumed that the non-responding members have forfeited their vote. All ballots will be mailed directly to and tallied by the safe certified public accountant who will advise the association office of the results in writing. In the event of a tie vote, the office in question shall be decided by a majority vote of the then-existing board.”

“A copy of the associations completed form 990 is made available to each member of the governing body after it is filed. The governing body reviews the return at a regularly scheduled meeting.”

“The executive director (administrator) is compensated under the terms established on a three year contract. A finance committee made up of three board members and the board president negotiate the terms of the contract based on the performance of the administrator. During the term of the contract, increases are granted based on the consumer price index. The voting members of the board ratify the contract for the association before it is signed.”

“Documents available upon request”