Justice Research and Statistics Association Inc

“JRSA has two classes of membership, state representatives and members. There is one state representative from each state, district, or U.S. territory. Each state representative is the director of the Statistical Analysis Center (or a functionally equivalent agency) in his/her state.”

“State representatives elect the governing body. Each have one vote and have the right to hold elected office.”

“The by-laws and/or the Articles of Incorporation may be amended by two-thirds (2/3)vote of the state representatives present at a meeting of the Association, provided that the subject of the proposed amendment(s) has been disseminated to all stats representatives of the Association, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the meeting at which a vote concerning the amendments shall be taken.”

“The Form 990 is prepared by an independent public accounting firm. The draft form prepared by the accounting firm is reviewed first by the Director of Finance and Administration. Her edits, if any, are incorporated into the form which is then ready for filing. The review by Management occurs before the return is filed.”

“The Executive Committee members complete conflict of interest forms annually. The forms are reviewed by the Director of Finance and Administration and the Executive Director for compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation of the Executive Director is evaluated and approved annually by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee obtains comparable salary data for the Executive Director and other key employees from the ASAE (American Society of Association Executives) Executive Compensation report and the Hay Group, a global management consulting firm. The Hay Group provides job evaluation methodology, including a range of compensation drawn from their widespread compensation database for each position at JRSA.”

“No such documents are made available to the public.”