Child Life Council Inc

“Aclp has an executive committee - the executive committee may act in place and stead of the board of directors between board meetings on all matters, except those specifically reserved to the board by these bylaws, pursuant to delegation of authority to such committee by the board of directors. Actions of the executive committee shall be reported to the board for ratification by mail or at the next board meeting. The executive committee consist of the officers and ceo as a non-voting ex-officio member.”

“The association of child life professionals (aclp) members are a group of trained professionals with expertise in helping children and their families overcome life's most challenging events. The aclp membership is composed of more than 6000 individuals representing more than 600 organizations worldwide. Members include child life specialists, child life assistants, university educators and students, and other health care professionals in related fields. Aclp has six (6) categories of individual membership: professional, retired, associate, international, healthcare ally, and student. Aclp also offers child life program, corporate, and non-profit company memberships.”

“Professional members are involved in electing the board of directors”

“Not all decisions require member approval; but some, for example: changes to the by-laws, do.”

“Form 990 is prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management and the chief executive officer. A draft copy of the 990 is sent to the board for thier review prior to filing with the irs.”

“Aclp's policy is to require that board members disclose "other interests" as defined in this policy at least once each year or more frequently if "other interests" arise. Disclosure must be in writing. Disclosure forms are provided for that purpose. The board decides what, if anything, to do in reaction to disclosures of "other interests." in some cases, it will decide that the proper corrective measure is simply the disclosure of the "other interests and that it does not represent a material conflict. In other cases, the board decides it is appropriate for the individual with "other interests" to recuse - i.e. To refrain from participating in discussion and voting on matters where the board member has the "other interests." in very rare cases, the board member is asked to resign from the board.”

“The president, president-elect, and past president constitute a performance evaluation team that leads the board of directors in conducting an evaluation of the ceo in november. This evaluation is based heavily upon agreed-upon goals negotiated between the ceo and the president and president-elect in the beginning of the year. In addition to measuring performance against these goals, the performance evaluation team surveys all members of hte board inviting evaluation input, and also talk with other staff members of aclp. The board adjusts the ceo salary at its discretion based on their review and other factors it deems appropriate, and has discretion in awarding a year-end bonus not to exceed 12% of the ceo salary, based on a written assessment of the ceo performance against goals drawn up at the beginning of the year. In addition to the procedure above the board uses comparable data and the process is documented.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“The audit oversight and auditor selection process has not changed from the prior year.”