American Registry for Internet Numbers Ltd

“Membership is open to any entity that has a signed registration services agreement (rsa) or legacy rsa with arin and holds an internet number resource in the arin region and wishes to participate in forming solutions to internet number resource-related issues.”

“A general member in good standing has the right to participate in an election for one or more members of the board of trustees and of the advisory council.”

“The trustee removal process by the board of trustees is subject to membership ratification. In addition, the processes for certain bylaws changes and articles of incorporation changes are sent to community consultation before final adoption by the board of trustees.”

“The finance committee assists in preparation of the 990 filing, then presents it to the full board for the final review, before filing to the internal revenue service.”

“The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy including in the following ways: 1) the board of trustees conducts an annual review wherein each trustee completes a confidential conflict of interest and disclosure form of interests that could give rise to conflicts and that form is then reviewed by all the other trustees. This is conducted in january of each year at the board's first meeting of the year. 2) at the first meeting of the board in each calendar year, the organization's general counsel provides an annual reminder and training session to the board of trustees regarding the topic of conflict of interest and the board members' duty to disclose and avoid conflicts of interest. 3) the organization maintains a conflict of interest policy in its employee handbook and all staff, including key employees and officers, are required to annually execute an acknowledgement of and agreement to adhere to all policies in the employee handbook. 4) throughout the year, board members as well as key employees and officers are afforded the opportunity to disclose any conflicts that may arise during the year.”

“The compensation committee of the arin board of trustees sets the compensation for the ceo. Several factors are considered in setting the compensation rate. The job description for the ceo fully details the expectations for performance. The annual bonus for the ceo is based on job performance, there is no automatic bonus payment given. Arin conducts a full market pricing salary survey every 2-3 years, comparing all company positions to comparable businesses in the area. Ceo salary levels are also pulled from this data. The performance and experience level of the current ceo are also considered when setting the annual bonus and annual pay change. The members of the compensation committee convene periodically throughout the year to assess the performance of the ceo. Annually, they formally meet, analyze the information they have gathered, and decide the annual bonus amount and any salary change. Ceo/president compensation disclosure: based upon total compensation amounts for the president/ceo and all other individuals employed by arin in 2024, the ratio of president/ceo total compensation to the median of employee total compensation is 3.8. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: arin considers the salary survey information, pay raise percentage from our geographic region, and other information gleaned from business publications that pertain to executive pay when determining executive pay. Every 2-3 years, arin conducts a companywide salary survey of all company positions. Updated job descriptions and job titles are provided to a company that works with current detailed data from major compensation surveys. Arin salaries are compared to companies in the local area, the northeast corridor, nationwide technology companies, nationwide trade and membership associations, local trade and membership association, national nonprofit companies and local nonprofit companies.”

“The organization's governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available and can be found on the organization's website for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”