National Association of Geoscience

“The national officers of the association and the immediate past-president of the association shall constitute the executive committee. The executive committee shall have authority to expend funds and take other fiscal actions on behalf of the association membership provided that no financial obligations are incurred that exceed the resources of the association available during the current fiscal year. The executive committee will be responsible for such other actions as are delegated to it under the articles of the constitution and the bylaws of the association. The executive committee shall meet at least once a year. Decisions will be made by a vote of a quorum consisting of at least six voting members of the executive committee.”

“Members shall be persons who have an interest in geoscience education. Membership in good standing is established through application and payment of current dues as specified by the executive committee. Categories, rights, and privileges of membership categories are in accordance with the constitution and bylaws.”

“The members elect the board of directors.”

“Amendments to the constitution are subject to approval to a member vote.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the association's public accounting firm based on information provided by the management. Once a draft of the filing is available, the form 990 is reviewed by the office manager and the executive director. The form 990 is then provided to the entire board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“No member of the executive committee, officer, or committee chair shall use her or his position, or the knowledge gained there from, in such a manner that a conflict between the financial interest of nagt and his or her personal interest arises. If an executive committee member has a financial interest in a proposed transaction with nagt in the form of a significant personal financial interest in the transaction or in any organization involved in the transaction, or holds a significant position in any such organization, the member must make full disclosure of such interest before any discussion or negotiation of such transaction by the executive committee. In addition, the member will abstain from any vote in connection with the matter. Executive committee members complete and submit conflict of interest questionnaires annually, and if not previously disclosed, make disclosures at that time. These questionnaires are reviewed by the secretary/treasurer, who will refer any actual or potential conflict(s) to the executive committee.”

“Beginning december 1, 2019, the executive director is an employee of central washington university (the university). The university is reimbursed for the services performed by the executive director as the top management official of the association based on a contract negotiated between the association's executive committee and the university. The overall compensation for the executive director for services performed for the university was determined by the university with independent persons, appropriate comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. The association's executive committee approved of the reimbursement rate outlined by the contract with the university.”

“The association makes its governing documents available on the website and in the association's document archive, which is open to the public. The association makes its conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”