Indiana Crop Improvement Associatio

“Active membership is described in the articles of incorporation as, "an individual, firm or corporation actively producing, conditioning, or marketing icia certifiable agricultural products in the state of indiana can become an active member upon applying for membership, paying the appropriate membership fees, and receiving approval by icia management. An active member is entitled to one vote on each matter presented to the membership."”

“Active membership is described in the articles of incorporation as, "an individual, firm or corporation actively producing, conditioning, or marketing icia certifiable agricultural products in the state of indiana can become an active member upon applying for membership, paying the appropriate membership fees, and receiving approval by icia management. An active member is entitled to one vote on each matter presented to the membership."”

“The association's by-laws outline the procedure for association members to be elected to the board of directors, which is the governing body. An association nomination committee slates potential board members. This slate is represented to the association's active members at the association's annual business meeting. Nominations are called for from the floor and added to the slate if made. All active members present at the meeting are entitles to vote for members for election to the board of directors.”

“The process for distributing the form 990 for all members of the governing body is during our quarterly november board meeting; a copy is provided to every board member.”

“The association has a conflict of interest policy that is signed by all board members, officers, and senior staff. The policy requires that all board members and staff disclose any and all conflicts or possible conflicts as they arise. The chief executive officer monitors proposed or ongoing transactions of the organization for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the board and staff as appropriate, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred, results and actions are noted in board minutes.”

“Annually, at a meeting, the salaries of the chief executive officer and the chief operations officer are reviewed and established by the association's executive committee. The executive committee is comprised of the president, vice-president, immediate past-president, a board of director's member at large, and the purdue university liaison board of director's member. The executive committee then recommends the salaries to the full association board of directors for final approval. The salaries are set based on experience, tenure, merit, and comparisons with salaries of similar position in other associations and businesses.”

“The chief executive officer annually reviews the salaries of the other employees of the association and makes recommendations, and, if approved, recommends the salaries to the full board of directors for approval. These salaries are established based on experience, merit, tenure, and comparisons to salaries of similar positions in other associations and businesses.”

“The association maintains all records at the office at 7700 stockwell rd, lafayette, indiana. These records and documents are available for review upon request. Confidential seed certification records are not released without authorization of the certifying member. All other governance and financial records are public information. Announcements are made at the annual business meeting regarding availability of records, and the association's website has a statement indicating these records are available upon request.”

“The indiana crop improvement association is the official seed certifying agency for the state of indiana. Its mission is to carry out the recordkeeping, field inspections, laboratory testing, post control grow out tests, issuance of official certification labels, and other activities associated with the certification of seeds and plant parts.”

“The indiana crop improvement association's principal program service is official seed certification. The objective of seed certification is to provide services to seed producers who the market certified seeds to farmers. This program services involves the maintenance of records, field inspections, seed testing, post control grow out tests for purity evaluations and the issuance of certified seed labels for seed meeting the official seed certification standards. The association served approximately 350 clients. Approximately 110,529 seed acres were inspected and 59,000 laboratory tests performed. Roughly 1,500 field grow outs were conducted to evaluate seed lot purity and approximately 2,000 seed labels were issued. The association held an annual meeting of its members providing education programs as well as the annual business meeting. Other educational and training meetings and seminars were held at the association's headquarters during the year.”

“Book / tax depreciation difference -48,756 rounding 12 total -48,744”