American Society for Horticultural Science

“Classes of membership are as follows: professional members, early career members, emeritus members, graduate student members, undergraduate student members, and honorary members. The board of directors may authorize the issuance of membership cards or certificates to members to evidence their membership. Voting rights are equal for all classes of members.”

“Each member of the society is entitled to one vote on each question submitted at a business meeting of members. Each member of the society is entitled to one vote on each question submitted to the membership for vote by ballot at the direction of the board of directors or as provided in the bylaws.”

“Each member of the society is entitled to one vote on each question submitted at a business meeting of the society. All questions at all meetings at which a quorum is present are decided by a majority vote of the members present, except as otherwise provided by law. A member is not be entitled to vote by proxy. The society's bylaws can be alerted, amended, or repealed only by members of the society, by two-thirds vote.”

“The accounting consultant reviews the form 990 in detail. The form 990 is then sent to the executive director, treasurer, president and executive committee for additional review before filing with the irs.”

“The board of directors is aware of general compensation ranges for executive directors and keeps the compensation in line with those amounts. The executive committee meets with the executive director to review his performance and then determines his compensation after reviewing salary survey reports from professionals for nonprofits and prm. Some executive committee members also consult with officers of sister societies of ashs. The executive director is notified by letter from the president of the committee. The year in which the process for determining compensation of the officers was last performed was december 2020. The ashs finance committee and board of directors annually determines a pool of money for staff salary increases. Depending on financial realities, this can consist of a cola pool or a merit pool (or both). The executive director is responsible for the allocation of either or both pool(s) to the individual staff members (excluding the executive director of course--that is up to the executive committee).”

“The society makes its governing documents available to the public upon request.”

“These processes have not changed since the previous year.”