American Academy of Emergency Medicine

“Aaem contracts with executive director inc. (a for-profit management company to provide office facilities, management, record keeping, accounting, storage, and other significant services, plus related overhead costs.”

“The organization has members that pay yearly dues. The dues payment includes a free registration to aaem's annual conference (the scientific assembly), a journal subscription, and other benefits.”

“Any academy member may nominate another member (including him or herself) for an open position on the board of directors. Except for the associate member director, only voting members may run for open board positions. No one can vote without paying dues except lifetime members”

“Before the 990 is filed, it is made available to the entire board. The executive committee reviews the return in full detail before filing”

“Corrective measures to conflict of interest policy: it is aaem's perogative, not the disclosing voulnteer leader's, to make determinations regarding corrective measures with respect to "other interests." the governing board or its delegated representatives will do so. Among the corrective measuers available to be recommended are these: 1. Disclosure to the governance body. In most cases, it is expected that the possibility of subjectivity or bias will be sufficiently offset by disclosing the "other interest" to the governance body of which the disclosing voulnteer leader is a member. That governance body will be expected to take the individual's "other interest" into consideration when discussions, debates, or decisions occur in the governance body. Aaem, its governing board, and the voulnteer leader will all have fully dischrged their duties. 2. Recusal. In some instances it may be determined that the avoidance of conflicts of interest, or even the mere appearance of conflicts of interest, will dictate that the disclosing individual should avoid discussions, debates, and decision making on subjects related to the disclosure. The volunteer leader will remain a member of the governance body affected but will withdraw from portions of meetings or activities appropriately. 3. Resignation. There could be situations, expected to be rare, in which the voulnteer leader's "other interest" is so extensive or pervasive that, in the view of aaem's governing board or its representatives, the leader's involvement in discussions, debates, or decision making in the pertinent governing body on any subject will be adversely affected. In that case the leader will be asked to resign. If resignation is not forthcoming, the governing board will decide on alternatives consistent with aaem's bylaws and governing state law.”

“Aaem is managed by executive director incorporation, a for-profit management company. Aaem has no official employees, because all staff assigned to aaem are employees of the management company. Aaem also does not compensate directors or other top officials. Aaem also does not have anybody who fits the definition of a key employee. Aaem contracts with executive director inc. (a for profit management company) to provide office facilities, management, record keeping, accounting, storage, other significant services, plus related overhead costs, the association management fee is compared to data from the benchmarking series publication-operating ratio report provided by asae & the center industry research and is approved by the aaem board of directors. This data outlines percentages of an association's budget spent on expense line items included in the association management fee.”

“Aaem's 990 & 990-t are available to the public upon request. Aaem's policies are either posted on the website and those that are not posted are available upon request.”

“There have been no changes to this process from the prior year.”