Transportation Intermediaries Association

“The following sections of the bylaws are updated during the year: article ii membership and voting powers section 1. Eligibility for membership. A. Regular membership will be open to those who offer one or more of the following third party logistics (3pl) services, whether licensed or unlicensed, regulated or non-regulated as: transportation broker, freight forwarder (surface or household goods), consolidator, shippers agent, freight forwarder (ocean or air, domestic or foreign), intermodal marketing company (imc), non-vessel operating common carrier (nvocc), logistics and/or distribution company, including those engaged in warehousing (public or private), freight auditing and payment, freight management, or like activity, as well as custom brokers who arrange for surface transportation; and who meet the requirements for membership as established by the board of directors. Section 2. Application for membership. Those individuals, firms, legal entities, or organizations which may from time to time seek membership in the association shall apply to the association in writing on an application form established by the association, which shall state the name, location and nature of the business of the applicant and shall contain an agreement that if admitted to membership the applicant will observe all provisions of the association's charter, its by-laws, code of ethics, membership criteria, and will pay all applicable dues and assessments. The application will be submitted to the membership review board, and applicant's name will be published to the membership for notification. If no complaints or adverse comments are received and the information on the application is verified then, upon paying the prescribed dues, the applicant shall be admitted to membership of the association. Article v board of directors section 2. Membership. A. Member, election, qualification and term of office. The board of directors shall consist of 20 elected members comprised of at-large members, elected by regular members, and the chair of each conference, elected by conference members. The board of directors shall be, to the extent practical, representative of the geographic and financial diversity, and affinity groups organized as conferences of the association. The board of directors may modify the ratio of at-large to conference board seats based on changes in conference membership. Directors shall be divided into classes with one class elected each year for a term of three years. The chairs of the tia foundation, tia services corporation, and tia political action committee shall be ex officio members of the board of directors. Past board chairs shall become non-voting ex officio members of the board of directors. The immediate past chair shall be a voting member. All directors shall be regular members in good standing, or employees of such members. Section 9. Special meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called at any time by the chair or by 25 percent of the directors for any purpose. Such meetings shall be held upon not less than five (5) business days' notice if given orally (either by telephone or in person), by facsimile transmission, email, or by a notice in the united states mail, postage prepaid. Such a notice shall specify the time place and purpose of the meeting. Business shall be limited to that set forth in the notice. Article vi officers section 2. Election and term of office. The board of directors at the annual meeting shall elect the officers each year and their terms shall be one year. No officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Officers shall be elected by and chosen from those serving on the newly elected and current board of directors. A member of the board serving as an officer is eligible for election to a second term in that office even if such term would extend beyond that person's term as a director. A member of the board may be elected to an office and eligible for a second term in that of”

“The organization has only one class of members.”

“Each member has one vote when the organization's board is elected.”

“The members have to approve the bylaw changes of the organization.”

“990 review procedures: the 990 is prepared by the association's public accountants and association staff, it is reviewed by the association's public accountants. The final copy is provided to the board before it is submitted to the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy and monitoring: the association's board of directors and its subsidiary boards of directors are asked to sign an annual conflict of interest policy statement at the first board meeting of the year. The association's ethics committee reviews any concerns or complaints arising from the policy.”

“The association's finance committee functions as compensation committee. The ceo develops a draft budget and compensation levels. These recommendations are reviewed and must be approved by the finance committee and subsequently the governing boards. The executive committee must also approve on the ceo's annual compensation. All decisions are documented as well.”

“Financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d). The governing documents are maintained on the members' only section of the association's website.”

“The process for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant that audited the financial statements has been consistent with prior years.”

“Tia is an insperity client, and insperity becomes the employer of record for the purposes of paying wages. As a result all w-2's are issued under insperity's ein and no w-2s issued under tia's ein.”