GPS Innovation Alliance

“Two board members have a business relationship as they work for the same company and each are a director, trustee, officer or greater than 10% owner of the company.”

“The alliance delegated control over management duties to a management company, mike international, llc. Mike international is paid $150,0000 annually and they handle the day-to-day operations of the organization; coordinate and correspond with vendors and others; maintain the books and records of the organizations and all other matters as directed by the board of directors.”

“The bylaws provide for two classes of members: principal members and regular members. The members are corporations of other entities; the directors are individuals named by the members. (each principal member names two individuals as board members). When the alliance takes action that requires the approval of both of the members and the board under the governance documents (e.g., amendment of the articles of incorporation), evidence of approval by both the members and the board is required.”

“The bylaws provide for two classes of members: principal members and regular members. The members are corporations of other entities; the directors are individuals named by the members. (each principal member names two individuals as board members). When the alliance takes action that requires the approval of both of the members and the board under the governance documents (e.g., amendment of the articles of incorporation), evidence of approval by both the members and the board is required.”

“The bylaws provide for two classes of members: principal members and regular members. The members are corporations of other entities; the directors are individuals named by the members. (each principal member names two individuals as board members). When the alliance takes action that requires the approval of both of the members and the board under the governance documents (e.g., amendment of the articles of incorporation), evidence of approval by both the members and the board is required.”

“Form 990 is prepared by the alliance's accountant in consultation with the alliance's executive director and then circulated to the alliance's officers (each of whom is a member of the alliance's board of directors) for review.”

“The alliance bylaws provide that any member may recuse himself from participation in any specific alliance activities and/or issue in which a conflict of interest arises. In addition, the board of directors is small and members work closely together and would be aware of many conflicts of interest. The board of directors, upon information known to it by any source, may also require recusal on specific issues or specific activities by any member. We have never had an instance where such conflicts have been identified or recusal has been required.”

“The board of directors of the organization serve without compensation and no officer or key employee is paid for being an officer. The executive committee of the alliance, all of whom were board members, reviewed and approved the compensation of the executive director whose compensation remained at the fixed level of $150,000 previously approved by the executive committee when the alliance was formed. This compensation is for the duties of executive director and not as an officer or director of the organization.”

“Any relevant documents such as governing documents, financial statements, conflict of interest policy, expense reporting, and tax related filings such as form 990 are available at any time upon request to our office for discussion or review”

“- continued dialogue with heads of the galileo program at the european commission (ec) to address issues regarding fair and timely access to technical information necessary for us firms to incorporate galileo capability in future receive designs on a competitive basis with european firms. This is in accordance with a us-ue agreement on gps-galileo cooperation. - tracked the evolution and continuing reorganization of responsibilities of the european authorities overseeing the galileo program. Kept abreast of the changing responsibilities and personnel of the european commission, european space agency and the gnss supervisory authority. - gpsia continues to play an active role in the civil g.p.s. Service interface committee (cgsic), and works to assist in developing the agenda and program for meeting of the cgsic. The annual meeting for csgic in 2015 was held in tampa, fl. Cgsic was established by the department of transportation to maintain a dialog with the civilian user community on g.p.s. Policy and management issues. Gpsia members routinely provide briefings to meetings of the group.”

“Public relations/other consultancy 447,619.”