Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

“The association is organized with members. The membership of the association consists of four classes of members: active, senior, emeritus, and honorary.”

“Election may be by return ballot. A three-quarters (3/4) affirmative vote of the active, senior, and emeritus members, responding by the deadline date shall be necessary for election to membership. A candidate thus rejected may again be proposed for membership at the end of three (3) years. To fulfill the criteria for membership, a newly elected member must present a paper within two (2) meetings following election to membership. The membership committee shall distribute a schedule of deadlines on an annual basis.”

“Election of officers, approval of bylaw changes, admission of new members, location of annual conference.”

“An independent certified public accounting firm (cpa) prepares the association's form 990 and submits the form to the association's management and treasurer for review. An electronic copy of the form is also provided to all voting members of the board for review prior to filing. The form 990 is also attached to the illinois form ag-990il, which requires the signature of two officers. This provides the opportunity for a final review of the form by second officer.”

“The association's management submits a questionnaire annually to each director with the questions designed to detect any violation of the conflict of interest policy. Management then prepares a report of its findings and presents it to the board of directors.”

“Compensation for the executive director and key employees is determined by the executive committee based on compensation for comparable positions in membership associations. Compensation is reviewed annually by the executive committee. Compensation for the executive director and key employees is determined by the executive committee based on compensation for comparable positions in membership associations. Compensation is reviewed annually by the executive committee.”

“Documents are available upon request.”

“Outside services: program service expenses 1,510. Management and general expenses 85. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,595. Payroll service fees: program service expenses 2,588. Management and general expenses 2,248. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,836. Staff professional fees: program service expenses 659. Management and general expenses 1,115. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,774. Editorial stipends: program service expenses 1,170,363. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,170,363. Other: program service expenses 13,794. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 13,794.”