Michigan Association Computer Users in Learning

“The organization has regular and associate members. As of 8/31/15 michigan association for computer users had 17,265 regular members who are eligible to vote and 1,139 associate members who are not eligible to vote.”

“Regular members are eligible to vote in our annual board elections which use an online ballot election process.”

“Regular members are asked to vote on all provisions to the bylaws proposed by the board.”

“A copy of the 990 is made available for review to all board members.”

“The board of directors annually disclose any conflict of interest concerns. The policy is reviewed and discussed by the board of directors. This process is overseen and enforced by the board executive committee and the executive director. Also, the policy is discussed with new board members that are added during the year and are asked to disclose any conflicts of interest. Any board member having a conflict of interest or possible conflicts of interest should not vote or use his/her personal influence on the matter, and he/she should not be counted as part of a quorum for the meeting.”

“The board executive committee determines the compensation for the top management official (executive director) based on salary information from comparable educational organizations in michigan and in states with full time executive directors affiliated with our international organization. The board also determines compensation for other key employees (executive assistant, business manager) based on data received from these same sources. The results of these deliberations are documented by the board secretly in the minutes of the organization. Compensation was determined by the board executive committee for the executive director, on may 17, 2015 for a one year term. Compensation was also determined by the board executive committee for the executive assistant and business manager on may 7, 2014 for a one year term. Our digital support specialist was hired on august 7, 2015. His compensation was determined by the board executive committee when the job was offered and accepted on july 22, 2015.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, policies and financial statements available to the public.”

“The executive committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the review of the financial statements. The process has not changed from prior years.”