Retired Indiana Public Employees

“The association amended their articles of incorporation in the current year to modernize and streamline the articles and resolve conflicts between the by-laws and articles. The association also amended their by-laws for the following: (1) updating the definition of membership to match ripea's practices in recent years to include others who support and adhere to the purposes and objectives of the organization, including past and current ripea employees, who shall be allowed associate membership, along with spouses, children and beneficiaries of a current member; (2) identifying voting and non-voting member classes and the associated rights; detailing member meeting requirements; (3) adding the treasurer position back to the list of officers and to the membership of the executive committee; and (4) outlining board member indemnification provisions.”

“The organization has members who consist of retired and active indiana state and local government employees. Such individuals pay approximately $15 each year to be members. Members have no voting privileges, except for amending the articles of incorporation, nor do they elect members of the governing body, and the decisions of the governing body are not subject to the approval of members. Further, the members do not have the right to the distribution of any income or assets of the organization.”

“The organization does have several local chapters throughout indiana which allows members from those local communities to more convenietly meet from time to time to discuss issues and activities relevant to retirees. There are no formal written policies and procedures governing the activities of these local chapters, but each chapter is visited at least twice annually by the organization to learn about the activities and issues relevant to each chapter, to communicate to chapter members matters of importance to the organization, and to informally monitor the operations of the chapter.”

“The form 990 is sent to the governing body for review before filing. The form 990 is also discussed at a regularly scheduled board meeting.”

“The organization has adopted a written conflicts of interest policy and officers and directors, as well as anyone else doing business with the organization, are required to disclose any conflicts. Any new director is also required to make a written disclosure before joining the board. Compliance is reviewed annually or more frequently as circumstances warrant.”

“The compensation of the executive director is reviewed by the board of directors annually after considering the performance of the executive director and the overall financial health of the organization. There are no other officers or key employees.”

“The governing documents of the organization are made available upon specific request.”