Endocrine Society

“Membership shall consist of active members, emeritus members, and doctoral-level trainees, all of whom are entitled to one vote on matters requiring membership action.”

“Three classes of members have the right to elect members of the council (governing body): active members, emeritus members, and doctoral-level trainee members. There is an annual election for certain officers and a rotating portion of the council members.”

“Decisions that require member approval are: 1) bylaw amendments require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the membership responding within 45 days after the transmission of the ballot to the members. 2) removal of officers, council members, or appointed officials requires a vote of two-thirds of the membership responding to the ballot.”

“A detailed review of the form 990 is performed by the finance manager, the senior director-finance, and the chief operating officer. The council members and officers have the opportunity to review the form 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Council members and key employees are required to read and sign a conflict of interest statement annually. They are required to disclose, in writing, any conflicts from business transactions that would need to be listed on schedule l, part iv. The forms are reviewed and signed by a staff liaison and a staff senior director in charge of governance who determines whether an actual conflict exists. In addition, the conflict of interest statement is read at the beginning of each council meeting and individuals are required to disclose any new conflicts they are aware of arising from their own or other council members' activities. Council members are required to recuse themselves from voting on any issue in which they have a conflict of interest. Depending on the conflict, they may also be required to leave the meeting during the discussion and deliberations and they may not be counted in determining a quorum for the meeting. Meeting minutes reflect any recusal.”

“The executive director's proposed compensation is reviewed by the performance and compensation committee (p&cc) of the society before it takes effect. The p&cc is composed of the secretary-treasurer, current president, president-elect, and immediate past president. An independent consultant performs a compensation study of other comparable professional associations and discusses the results with the p&cc. The committee evaluates the proposed compensation in light of the survey for market reasonableness and the irs intermediate sanctions rules. The p&cc approves a compensation amount. A written employment contract between the society and the executive director has been approved by the p&cc. The p&cc also reviews salaries for the remaining key employees (senior directors). The independent consultant performs a compensation study of other comparable professional associations to determine market reasonableness of salaries. He also discusses the irs intermediate sanctions rules with the p&cc to ensure that they understand the salary levels are appropriate in light of those rules.”

“The endocrine society's bylaws and its conflict of interest policy are available on its website: www.endocrine.org. The society's financial statements, as they appear in its form 990, are available on a public website (www.guidestar.org) or upon request to the society.”

“Commissions: program service expenses 606,796. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 606,796. Payroll & benefits administration: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 39,921. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 39,921. Scientific abstract submissions mgmt: program service expenses 76,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 76,000. Medical education & communications svcs: program service expenses 3,046,416. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,046,416. Writing & editing: program service expenses 252,437. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 252,437. Website hosting & electronic design: program service expenses 957,374. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 957,374. Evidence based review of medical protocols: program service expenses 186,444. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 186,444. New logo redsign: program service expenses 10,825. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,825. Placement service contractor: program service expenses 33,270. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 33,270. Principal investigator fee for nih grantwork: program service expenses 34,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,800. Library services: program service expenses 20,965. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 20,965. Election & ballot services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 40,752. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 40,752. Ambassador exchange: program service expenses 12,680. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,680. Hhn web redesign: program service expenses 70,721. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 70,721. Hhn menopause map: program service expenses 23,868. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 23,868. Hhn event endo: program service expenses 17,237. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 17,237. Ceo search: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 265,643. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 265,643. Other miscellaneous: program service expenses 25,762. Management and general expenses 3,035. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 28,797. Other miscellaneous - strategic outreach: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 22,250. Total expenses 22,250.”

“The process has remained unchanged from the prior year.”