Yoga Alliance

“Significant changes to bylaws are: -the organization raised the minimum number of board members to seven. -the years and terms that a board member may serve were clarified. -the specific identification of a coo has been eliminated within the "officers" section of the revised bylaws and now reads, "the officers of the corporation shall be a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer and president. The president shall be the chief staff officer of the corporation." -the establishment of an audit committee and a finance committee.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. The board received a copy of the form 990 before it was filed with the irs.”

“Annually, each board members is asked to sign a consent form indicating that: he/she will not engage in actions that may constitute an actual, apparent, or potential conflict of interest with the mission and activities of the yaplus; and will disclose to the board of directors, on the prescribed form and periodically as facts dictate, any such conflicts of interest and any business, financial, and organizational interests and affiliations that are or could be construed to be a conflict of interest. In the event that a conflict of interest arises, the board considers the matter, with the board member with the potential conflict of interest recusing himself/herself from the matter. When an employee wishes to serve on boards, commissions, or in other outside activities that are in the public interest, he/she must first confirm with the coo that the voluntary service is appropriate and does not present a conflict of interest with his/her work for yaplus. Yaplus requires each employee to review the employee personnel handbook at the beginning of employment and each year after. The organization maintains a record of each employee confirming that he/she has received and reviewed the handbook at least annually. If a conflict of interest arises, yaplus interviews the employee in question to review the possible conflict. If it was determined that the employee had a genuine conflict of interest, he/she would be asked to cease the activity immediately in order to continue with employment.”

“One of the roles of the executive committee of the board of directors (bod) is to review the performances of the president/ceo and determine compensation on an annual basis. The bod discusses compensation with outside counsel and purchases data that compares compensation for association and membership executives. Data is very detailed and breaks the information down with regard to the organization's annual budget, number of employees, years in position and geographic location. Information is shared and reviewed with the executive committee. The last review took place in november 2018.”

“Yaplus provides documents upon request.”

“The organization administers a registry program formerly administered by yoga alliance registry, a related entity.”

“Consulting services 1,136,776. Temporary staffing fees 6,390.”