Society of American Value Engineers

“The board is a volunteer board. The organization contracts with a third party association management firm to perform duties traditionally performed by employees compensation of the association management company's work and evaluates the contract fee at least annually.”

“Save contracted with talley management group, inc. Of mt. Royal, new jersey, to manage its operations. Operations may include but are not limited to administration, membership, finance and accounting, convention/meeting planning, education, marketing, and information technology. Talley management group employees provide these services. The total fees paid by save to talley management group for the fiscal year ending october 31, 2017 totaled $174,000.”

“Save has various grades and classes of members as follows: individual member grade consisting of academic member, member and senior member classes; distinguished member grade consisting of fellow, honorary, life, emeritus, and retired classes; and an institutional membership grade consisting of corporate, sustaining corporate, international affiliate, and library classes.”

“Members of the individual member grade have the right to vote in elections held by the society and hold office.”

“The 990 is prepared by independent public accountants and submitted to save's management company for initial review. The form is then submitted to the board of directors for review and discussion prior to filing.”

“Save's governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Chapter support and new member recruitment - works to draw in new members and engage existing members”

“The board of director's is responsible for the oversight of the review and selection of an independent accountant.”