Zebrafish Disease Models Society

“The organization leases its employees from site solutions worldwide. Site solutions worldwide performs management duties such as supervising personnel, planning and executing budgets and financial operations, and supervising exempt operations.”

“The society updated its bylaws to remove the position of vice-president-in-waiting, add the position of president-in-waiting, change the composition of the election committee and executive committee, change eligibility criteria for executive officers, update board term limits and change voting rights for the director emeritus.”

“The organization has three classes of members: faculty, trainee and industry. Each member shall have one vote on all matters before the members.”

“The board of directors is elected by voting members.”

“Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed, and new bylaws may be adopted, by affirmative vote of a simple majority of the members or by resolution consented to by a majority of the board of directors then in office at any regular or special meeting.”

“The prepared form 990 is reviewed by the members of the governing body before the return is filed with the irs.”

“In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence and nature of their potential conflict to the directors and any relevant committee members. After disclosure of the potential conflict, the interested person shall leave the board or committee meeting while the potential conflict is discussed and voted upon. The remaining directors or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest exists, the following procedures shall be followed: (a) the president shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement; (b) after exercising due diligence, the directors or committee shall determine whether the corporation could obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest; and (c) if a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable, the directors or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interests and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and shall decide as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements availabe to the public upon request.”