Georgia Crop Improvement Assoc Inc

“The organization has members”

“The organization's board of directors are elected by membership vote.”

“The decisions made by the board of directors are based on recommendations from committees. The committees make their recommendations based on input from the members.”

“The form 990 was provided to the board of directors before being filed.”

“If a conflict of interest arises, management will develop a documented plan to remove the interested parties from business contact on behalf of georgia crop improvement assoc. Inc.”

“The executive director's salary, along with all the other employee's salaries, is reviewed annually by the executive committee. The executive committee determines whether a percentage increase is to be given, and forwards this information to the association's executive director and accounting personnel. The executive committee has not conducted a comparability data study in a number of years, and does not maintain minutes of these deliberations.”

“Georgia crop improvement assoc., inc.'s governing documents are available on their website. The organization's financial statements are not available to the public, but the financial information they contain are reported on form 990, which is available upon receipt of written request.”

“The purpose of the certification program is to improve the productivity, profitability and efficiency of agriculture by providing unbiased inspection/auditing and administrative services to include: 1. Developing and adopting standards of excellence for the various classes of seed grown by members under the rules of the association. 2. Providing an inspection/audit service for growing seed crops, turf and other agricultural industries. 3. Collecting and distributing information pertinent to clients' needs by exhibit, demonstrations, etc. 4. Providing information and promoting activities of interest and benefit to producers and consumers of seed, turf and other agricultural industries.”

“The good agricultural practices program for fruits and vegetables (gapp)is designed to: 1. Minimize microbial food hazards 2. Minimize or eliminate damaging proctices to the environment 3. Promote worker health and hygiene 4. Promote food safety 5. Promote the use of food security practices 6. Provide third party inspection/auditing service when required 7. Provide documentation of the use of gapp procedures by producers 8. Educate consumers the gapp program is a joint effort of the georgia crop improvement association, the georgia fruit and vegetable growers association, the georgia department of agriculture and the university of georgia departments of food science and horticulture.”

“Pt field inspectors' expe 35,261 0 0 aosca dues 34,102 0 0 truck expense 23,679 7,893 0 executive director's expe 5,781 17,343 0 telephone 10,892 3,630 0 repairs & maintenance 0 13,158 0 cost of tags, bags and su 12,565 0 0 utilities 9,115 3,037 0 dues 6,061 0 0 subscriptions 4,099 0 0 taxes & licenses 2,724 908 0 right of use expense 2,091 696 0 short course expense 1,781 0 0 professional fees 1,660 0 0 agronomy internship 450 0 0 employee relations 116 115 0 aosca meeting expense 225 0 0 bank service charges 135 0 0 total 150,737 46,780 0”