Advancing States Inc.

“The executive committee shall be officers of the association and the past presidents of the association while they serve on the board. This committee shall have the authority to act on matters between meetings of the board.”

“Eligibility - members of the association shall be the state agency on aging and/or disabilities, as identified by the state. The term "state" includes the district of columbia, the virgin islands, guam, american samoa, the trust territory of the pacific islands, and the northern mariana islands. Representatives shall be the director of the state agency on aging and/or disabilities, or an individual designated by the director of the state agency on aging and/or disabilities.”

“Voting - each active member is entitled to one vote on each matter for consideration. The person designated by the state agency on aging and/or disabilities director to represent the agency will cast the vote, in the absence of an effective proxy providing otherwise. If the membership is in the name of two or more persons, one vote binds all.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the chief operating officer and then by the executive director prior to filing.”

“An annual performance evaluation of each employee shall be conducted at the end of the calendar year. 1. The employee and the supervisor will review all evaluations jointly. Upon completion, the evaluation will become part of the employee's personnel file. All performance evaluations will be forwarded to the accounting dept. For inclusion in an employee's personnel file. 2. Evaluations of staff will be conducted utilizing standardized nasuad evaluation forms. The evaluation will include a discussion of goals and objectives of the employee for the next year. 3. Employees have the right to file, in writing, an acceptance or rejection of the annual evaluation and the document will be placed in the employee's personnel file. The employee must sign and respond to the evaluation within ten (10) days. 4. If the report is substandard, another appraisal should be given within ninety (90) days and again in ninety (90) days until the deficiency is resolved. 5. The executive committee, using an evaluation format developed by the executive committee based on the job description and performance in furthering association objectives, will conduct an evaluation of the executive director of nasuad.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The audit oversight process has remained unchanged from the prior year.”