Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors- National Association

“The organization has the following classes of membership: active members, introductory members, life members, international members, honorary members, retired members, industry associate members, and preferred affiliate members.”

“There shall be a five-member nominating committee composed of four past national officers or directors, one from each zone, who shall be appointed by the executive committee. The chairman of this committee shall be the most immediate junior past president who is willing and able to serve. The nominating committee shall have the specific duty to nominate qualified candidates for the offices to be filled for vice president, zone director, and manufacturer's representative. Directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the members from their respective subzones.”

“The following categories of membership may attend membership meetings, but may not vote nor propose resolutions or amendments to the bylaws: introductory members, international members, honorary members, retired members, and industry associate members. Each life member and each representative of an active member, whose dues are paid for the current term and received in the national office prior to the annual business meeting of the association, shall be eligible to vote.”

“The completed 990 is reviewed by the audit committee.”

“The conflict of interest policy requires board members to inform president & executive vice president when they could have a conflict of interest. The board would also have to annually report all conflicts of interest to the president. The policy requires board members to remove themselves from conversations and votes on topics with which they may have a conflict of interest. 1. Trustees, officers, and exempt employees have a duty to the association to be entirely free from the influence of any personal considerations when negotiating for the assocation with third parties, making recommendation with respect to such negotiations, or passing judgment on such negotiations. 2. Trustees, officers and exempt employees shall perform the responsibilities of their position solely on the basis of what is in the best interest of the association and wholly free from influence of personal considerations or relationships. 3. The requirements of freedom from conflict of interest set forth in this policy apply with equal force to the spouse, children, and other close relatives of each trustee, officer, and exempt employee. 4. The president & executive vice president of the association has the ultimate authority and responsibility to determine applicability of this policy to the fact situation of each trustee, officer, and exempt employee and decisions as to the corrective measures and disciplinary action in the enforcement of this policy.”

“A salary survey is prepared by independent resources every 2 years to update phcc salaries based on the wash metro area. Included in the survey are salaries for all employees, including the ceo. The executive committee detrmines from the survey the contractual salary amount offered to the ceo.”

“The governing documents and financial statements are not made available to the public but are made available to members via the website and/or on request. The conflict of interest policy is distributed to members of all committees and the board.”