Association for Asian Studies Inc.

“The membership elects a representative to the board for their group.”

“The organization requires aas membership vote to make any changes to the by-laws.”

“No review was or will be conducted. The cfo examines the form 990 to ensure that it matches the audit report as well as other spreadsheets provided to the preparer.”

“Each year the officers, directors and key employees are asked to disclose and sign a list of conflict of interests.”

“Executive director's salary is reviewed by the four aas presidents who are the officers of the board of directors, this is compared to the salary of someone in a similar position.”

“The four aas presidents of the board review the salary and performance of the director of outreach and strategic initiatives.”

“The aas constitution and by-laws are made publicly available on the entity website. The conflict of interest policy is not a public document. The financial statements are made available to grant and other funding agencies upon request and on-line via guidestar.org.”

“Volunteers serve as associate journal editors, book review editors, publication advisory committee members, read books to determine book prize winners, read graduate student panel papers to determine prize winners, determine publication subventions for first time published authors, review various grant applications and determine awardees, review conference panel proposals and determine eligible panels for annual conference, help determine policy and propose panels for conferences to ensure adequate representation of geographic regions, serve on committees, councils and the board of directors.”

“The collection of membership dues and the activities to provide member benefits.”

“Copyediting 4,019 0 0 council a mtg panel 8,229 0 0 council subvention/outreach 37,974 0 0 design/composition 20,046 0 0 development fund expense 117,815 0 0 dues 360 7,860 0 editor fringe benefits 23,311 0 0 editor release time 25,314 0 0 editorial office 3,711 0 0 foreign taxes 0 6,179 0 general expense 6 2,614 0 grant admin service charge 43,214 0 0 grant expense/support teachin 294,168 0 0 maintenance/serv contract 0 3,701 0 managing editor fees 46,860 0 0 office cleaning 0 1,740 0 office equipment 186 1,776 0 outside services 162,882 8,085 596 personal services 147,910 0 95,055 prize awards 16,900 0 0 readership allocation -280,298 0 0 training 0 3,862 0 ubit taxes 11,891 99 0 ubit taxes (refund) -3,734 0 0 form 990-t -8,894 0 0 total 671,870 35,916 95,651”