Kansas Rural Independent Telecommunications Coalition Association

“Class "a" members (members): any rural independent local exchange carrier serving less than 25,000 access lines and holding a certificate of convenience and authority from the kansas corporation commission (kcc) to provide basic telecommunications service in a specific geographic area in kansas with carrier of last resort obligations, is eligible for class "a" membership in the kritc. Class "a" members are eligible for holding a board of directors position.advocacy partners (partners): any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or cooperative with interests in common with kritc, as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion, and furnishing or supplying goods or services to current class "a" members, and not otherwise eligible for class "a" membership, is eligible to become an advocacy partner in the kritc. Advocacy partners are not eligible to hold a board of directors position or to vote on issues before the kritc. Associate members (associate): any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or cooperative with interests in common with the kritc, as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion, and furnishing or supplying goods or services to current class "a" members, and not otherwise eligible for class "a" membership, is eligible to become an associate member in the kritc. Associate members are not eligible to hold a board of directors position or to vote on issues before the kritc.”

“The members of kansas rural independent telecommunications coalition association (kritc) elect the board members.”

“A draft of the form 990 will be e-mailed to the board members for their review, comments, and questions prior to filing the form 990 with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization adopted a conflict of interest policy. Procedures for monitoring and enforcing the policy are currently in place.”

“The independent board members determine the annual salary of the organization's president, giving consideration to their professional knowledge of salaries paid to the management of other organizations as well as those paid to management in their personal businesses. The annual compensaton review process takes place in the executive session of the board meetings, so no written minutes are kept.”

“The president of the organization is responsible for determining the salary of the executive director. The president is independent of the executive director.”

“Kansas rural independent telecommunications coalition association's (kritc) public documents are made available to the public upon request.”