Pet Industry Distributors Association

“Pida is managed by the association management company of king management group, inc. Pida maintains its offices at kmg's headquarters at 3465 box hill corporate center dr., suite h, abingdon, md 21009. All regular pida staff members are employees of kmg and are provided to pida on an as-needed basis. Kmg and pida have a letter of agreement that defines the responsibilities of the management firm. A management fee is negotiated that covers the cost of the pida president, support staff, office equipment, and office space.”

“The pida board approved several amendments to the association's bylaws: 1. The names of the following membership categories were changed as follows: "active" to "distributor and "affiliate" to "manufacturer". 2. Removed two criteria when considering a distributor's eligibility related to the nature of the sales staff and method of product delivery, as they are no longer relevant. 3. Expand the definition of associate members to include any company that is a member of the pet industry trade press or which sells non-pet procducts or services, such as computer hardware, software or insurance, to pet industry distributors or retailers. 4. Add a new membership category: buying group membership: which includes any person, firm, company or corporation which provides group purchasing services to distributors of pet products, provided they meet other eligibility requirements.”

“Pida's bylaws provide for six classes of membership: (1) distributor, (2) pet wholesaler, (3) manufacturer, (4) manufacturer representative, (5) associate, (6) buying group.”

“Distributor and pet wholesaler members are voting members of the association. Elections are conducted at the annual meeting.”

“A final draft of form 990 is emailed to all board members.”

“If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the member's response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“Available upon request made to association headquarters.”

“The organization did not change its oversight or selection process during the tax year.”