Emergency Nurses Association

“Explanation: membership section 1: classifications a. Active member: (1) national members professional registered nurses, licensed in the united states whose dues are current. (2) international members: professional registered nurses, licensed (or equivalent) outside of the united states whose dues are current. (3) senior members professional registered nurses, licensed in the united states whose dues are current and aged 65 or older. B. Affiliate member: an individual who is not a registered nurse and supports the missions and objectives of ena whose dues are current. C. Honorary member: awarded to an individual as determined by the ena president and the ena board of directors. D. Student member: an individual enrolled in a nursing education program leading to eligibility for registered nurse licensure whose dues are current. Section 2: privileges a. Active member(s) (1) national members: when a professional registered nurse licensed in the united states joins ena, she/he shall have the right to vote, hold elected office, and serve on committees. (2) international members: when a professional registered nurse licensed (or equivalent) outside the united states joins ena, she/he shall have the right to vote, hold elected office, and serve on committees. (3) senior members: when a professional registered nurse licensed in the united states joins ena, she/he shall have the right to vote, hold elected office, and serve on committees. B. Affiliate members: affiliate members shall have the rights and privileges of ena membership, except the right to vote and to hold elected office. C. Honorary members: honorary members shall have the rights and privileges of ena membership, except the right to vote and to hold elected office. D. Student members: student members shall have the rights and privileges of ena membership, except the right to vote and to hold elected office.”

“All active national, international and senior active members shall have the opportunity to elect officers and directors by ballot.”

“Explanation: the copy of the form 990 will be provided, prior to its filing, to the full board. The board delegates the responsibility for reviewing the form 990 prior to its filing to the finance committee. A draft of the 990 will be distributed via e-mail to the ena finance committee requesting that it be reviewed no later than a specific date. Any questions from the review will be submitted to ena staff who will follow up and reply to the full committee. A conference call may be scheduled with the committee based on the volume and nature of the questions.”

“All members of the board of directors and volunteers will submit a conflict of interest statement, at the commencement of their term and annually thereafter. The executive services department will be responsible for securing each of the conflict of interest statements and for maintaining the file of same. In addition, at the beginning of each board meeting and finance committee, the ena president asks the board if anyone has any new possible conflicts to disclose that have arisen since the most recent conflict of interest statement was filed.”

“Hr consultants complete an independent competitive market compensation analysis for the executive director and senior leadership positions. For the executive director position the board reviews this information. The executive director and human resources department review the information for the senior leadership positions. The board reviews the competitive market data and compensation strategy to determine that compensation levels are appropriate. Staff is not present for the conversations as they pertain to the executive director. Stipends for board officers are reviewed no less than every two years, using benchmark data of comparable associations.”

“Enas governing documents, conflict of interest folicy, independent annual audit and form 990 are available ufon request. Enas form 990 is also available to the public at www.guidestar.org.”

“The process has not changed since the prior year.”