Texas Association of Broadcasters

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“Membership is open to over-the-air radio and television stations, companies doing business with the broadcast industry, current students or educators, and individuals who are retired from the texas broadcast industry.”

“Board members are elected by the membership via electronic ballots, and election results are presented at the annual business meeting. Vacancies are filled by appointment by the board of directors. The board may also appoint up to six additional members to serve on the board.”

“Membership approves changes to the bylaws.”

“The executive committee will conduct a detail review by the preparing cpa. The executive committee will approve the returns before filing. All board members will recieve a copy for their review before filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Board members are required to fill out a conflict-of-interest disclosure and consent form on an annual basis. This policy is monitored every six months through an agenda item at board meetings.”

“Compensation is determined by the executive committee of the board.(the executive committee is made up of the chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and immediate past chair.) the compensation budget for all other positions is determined by the executive committee. Individual compensation is determined by the president within the budget. The organization participates in an association salary survey every other year that compares staff positions to the salaries of other associations in texas most of which are based locally. This survey is used as a basis to determine a salary range for each staff position. The total salary budget for the year is created using the aforementioned data.”

“The organization's governing documents, financial statements, conflict of interest policy, whistleblower policy and document retention policy are available to the board of directors only.”

“Tab strives to promote and protect a favorable economic and regulatory climate for broadcasting and educates members and the public at large about the opportunities available and advancements possible through the efforts of free, over-the-air broadcast operations.”

“The organization received contributions from other tax-exempt organizations. These were not public solicitations, thus no donors were advised that contributions were not deductible as charitable contributions.”