Emergency Nurses Association

“The ena bylaws were udpated in 2018.”

“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 (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.”

“The copy of the form 990 will be provided, prior to it's filing, to the ena finance committee. The form 990 will then be reviewed by the committee during a scheduled meeting. After the review the committee will suggest adjustments as deemed appropriate and then recommend the form 990 to the full ena board for filing. At a subsequent ena board meeting the board will approve that recommendation or make edits of their own prior to approving the form 990 for filing.”

“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 meeting, each participant is separately asked if she/he 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 chief executive officer and senior leadership positions. For the chief executive officer position the board reviews this information. The chief executive officer 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 chief executive officer. Stipends for board officers are reviewed no less than every two years, using benchmark data of comparable associations.”

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

“Loss on interest rate swap agreement -284,591. Impairment on asset held for sale -49,297.”

“The copy of the form 990 will be provided, prior to it's filing, to the ena finance committee. The form 990 will then be reviewed by the committee during a scheduled meeting. After the review the committee will suggest adjustments as deemed appropriate and then recommend the form 990 to the full ena board for filing. At a subsequent ena board meeting the board will approve that recommendation or make edits of their own prior to approving the form 990 for filing.”