USA Taekwondo Inc

“The organization is a membership organization. Individual membership categories are athlete, coach, referee, supporting and life. Organizational membership categories are club, affiliated organization, contributing organization and state association.”

“Members may select individuals to fill certain seats on the board of directors. An individual may belong to more than one of the above-mentioned membership categories. However, an individual is only eligible to vote in one membership category. Any individual who is a member of more than one membership category shall designate the membership category in which he or she shall vote in such manner as required by the board of directors. An individual shall be a citizen of the united states and at least 18 years of age in order to be eligible to vote in an election. Notwithstanding these restrictions on voting, membership in usat is open to individuals who are younger than 18 years of age and to individuals who are not citizens of the united states. An individual shall be a registered member of usat at least 60 days prior to the date of the record date of any election in order to be eligible to vote in such election. Individuals and organizations belonging to the following membership categories have no voting privileges: supporting members, life members who have not declared a specific individual membership category for the current calendar year, and contributing organization members. Qualified athlete members, coach members and referee members are entitled to vote for elections for their respective directors. "qualified athlete members" are individuals who meet the definition of "athlete representative" in the usopc bylaws. Life members are entitled to vote in one of the following categories by designating (which designation shall take the form and be made at the time required by the board of directors) their intent to vote in that category of membership annually (but only if the member is otherwise entitled to vote in the category): athlete director, coach director, referee director, or club member director. Organizations belonging to the following membership categories shall be entitled to vote in an election for directors of the board for their respective directors: club members with at least 35 individual usat members, and affiliated organization members. No other voting privileges are conferred upon these members. Club members with at least 35 individual members shall designate the individual responsible for casting votes on behalf of such members in such manner as required by the board of directors.”

“The decision to remove a member of the board of directors is subject to approval by the constituent group that elected the member, if applicable.”

“The return is provided to the audit committee for review. The board receives a copy of the return after this review process and before the return is filed.”

“The ethics committee reviews all conflict of interest statements and an annual update is provided to the board of directors. If a conflict is unavoidable the interest is disclosed to the usat ceo and the person must recuse himself or herself from discussions and abstain from voting.”

“The executive director's compensation is set by the board of directors. A compensation committee of the board of directors reviews comparable market data for sports executives of similar budget and membership size and recommends the salary amount for board approval. The board of directors approves other staff compensation in total as part of its yearly budget approval process.”

“The audited financial statements, form 990, bylaws and code of ethics are available on the organization's website. The conflict of interest policy is included in the code of ethics.”

“Board members may be compensated for services provided to the organization such as referree fees or instructor fees. This compensation is determined based on the normal practices of the organization. No board member is compensated for their service on the board of directors.”

“Contract services: program service expenses 521,625. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 521,625. Other fees: program service expenses 80,585. Management and general expenses 2,952. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 83,537. Sports science and medicine: program service expenses 1,314,486. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,314,486. Event, coach and referee services: program service expenses 289,671. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 289,671.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”