Federal Communications Bar Association

“The fcba is a volunteer organization of attorneys, engineers, consultants, economists, government officials and law students involved in the study, development, interpretation and practice of communications and information technology law and policy.”

“The nominations committee(3 elected each year for a 2 yr term and 6 appointed by the president each year for a 1 yr term, total of 12 on the committee), chaired by the immediate past fcba president, meets each year beginning in january to develop the slate of candidates to stand for election. Through a notice in the fcba newsletter in december, members are encouraged to submit nominations for consideration to the committee. Taking nominations submitted by the membership into consideration, the committee also develops a list of potential candidates for each position. In finalizing the list of candidates, consideration is given to minority representation/balance, public versus private representation/balance, large firm versus small firm representation/balance in the final slate of candidates. The slate of candidates put together by the nominations commitee is published in the fcba newsletter and members have 30 days to submit additional nominations to be placed on the ballot through a petition process. Once the nominations are finalized, a ballot is prepared, which includes a photo of each canditate and the candidates fcba bio, for electronic voting. The fcba officers, chapter representative, and the delegate to the american bar association run unopposed. Each year, except in special circumstances, there are 6 members nominated for 3 executive committee positions and 6 nominated for 3 nominations committee positions. Voting is open to all members eligible to vote(only licensed attorneys may vote as per the fcba constitution) for 30 days. The results of the election are made public at the fcba annual luncheon and meeting in june and are published in the july newsletter.”

“A copy of the form 990 is provided to the board for review before being filed.”

“The conflict of interest policy is distributed to all officers, members of the executive committee, and the staff at the beginning of each fiscal year. They are required to sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the policy and to list any employment, professional, business, or volunteer positions or responsibilities that might have a relationship with any fcba activity issue. The conflict of interest policy is also incorporated into the association's handbook which is distributed to all officers, executive committee members, and volunteer committee and chapter co-chairs at the beginning of each fiscal year.”

“When the executive director was hired, the officers of the association reviewed salary data collected and published by the greater washington association executives for executive directors in comparable associations.”

“UPON REQUEST”

“UPON REQUEST”

“The fcba treasurer, assistant treasurer, and executive director are responsible for oversight of the annual audit.”