National Skeet Shooting Association a Texas Corp

“1) immediate past-president robert defrancesco and director-at-large mary defrancesco have a family relationship. 2) director al magyar and director trish bruck magyar have a family relationship.”

“Nssa has fee paying members with no ownership position. Members cannot approve significant decisions of the governing body or receive a share of the organization's profits or excess dues, or a share of the organization's assets upon dissolution. See form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a for more information.”

“The board of directors shall consist of members in good standing to hold office as follows: members of the board of directors shall be bona fide residents of and be elected from the various states of the united states and from the provinces, territories or similar political subdivisions recognized by the association in ratio of one director for a member population of 25 to 150; two directors for a member population of 151 to 300; three directors for a member population of 301 to 500; four directors for a member population of 501 to 750; and five directors for a member population over 750. One additional director shall be elected by each of the following armed services of the united states: army, air force, navy, marines and coast guard. The board of directors at its annual meeting shall elect five directors-at-large in even numbered years. All directors-at-large shall have full voting rights during their entire term of office. The association of rod and gun clubs - europe and the association of rod and gun clubs - asia may elect one director each. These directors will serve in zone 9, making a total of seven directors in that zone (army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard and one each from europe and asia). Any member having an apo or fpo address has status as a member of the respective association of rod and gun clubs for the purposes of the association. Foreign nationals or u.s. Civilians having no status according to the status of forces agreements between the united states and foreign governments will be listed under the country in which they reside and will vote for directors in that country. On november 1 of each odd numbered calendar year the executive director shall determine, from the membership rolls of the association as of october 31, the number of directors for which each state, province or similar subdivision is entitled to vote and shall certify the same to the executive committee. Such committee shall forthwith inspect, correct, amend and approve such certification in accordance with article 4, sec. 1 hereof, and thereupon, the secretary of the association or the executive director shall prepare, certify and cause to be published the notices of election hereinafter provided. The executive director shall mail an official ballot to each individual member in good standing of the association. Provided there are no directors to be elected in any election year from any state or other recognized subdivision, no ballots need to be mailed to individual members from such state or subdivision.”

“The entire forms 990 and 990-t with all schedules attached were reviewed by nssa's upper management, the audit committee, the executive committee (in its capacity as the board), and the officers of the board. The tax returns were provided to all in attendance, an overview was presented by the director of finance and all questions by those in attendance were answered to everyone's satisfaction before the tax returns were filed.”

“The written conflict of interest policy has been in place for several years. Employees and the governing body sign statements to confirm no conflict of interest exists. Board directors and officers are elected every two years at which time each completes a conflict of interest disclosure which is kept on file. If a conflict of interest arises, then nssa will evaluate the significance and implication of the conflict. Nssa may implement procedural changes, notify members, or take disciplinary action. There has been notification of potential conflicts of interest, but no violations.”

“Periodically studies from abbott langer are consulted for our specific size, geographical region and industry type to ensure that compensation falls well below the upper limits of the grid.”

“Upon written request, an appointment is made and documents are made available at our headquarters, as required by law. If a copy is requested, reasonable copying/processing charges may be assessed the requestor.”

“Nssa does not have a written whistleblower policy. However, management has begun pricing services that provide a means to for a "whistleblower" to report concerns with anonymity.”

“Nssa does not have a written document retention and destruction policy. We follow statutory requirements for fiscal and human resources material retention.”

“The local and regional organizations are separate entities from the nssa both legally and financially, however, like members, they are affiliated with the nssa in order to (1) register targets for events at their respective regional / state levels; (2) enforce the official rules of the sport at the regional / state level; (3) to provide national members at their respective regional / state level, the opportunity to have a common local voice to the nssa's state directors and zone committeemen. These organizations take on many forms. However they are expected to know and enforce the rules of the game.”

“There are four board officers that are voting members of the executive committee, but not voting members of the board of directors. Under nssa's by-laws, the executive committee exercises all the powers of the board of directors when the board is not in session. In most years, the board of directors is only in session once annually and all other board meetings are conducted by the executive committee comprised of these four individuals along with the nine committeemen.”

“Directors serve for a two-year period. Therefore, several individuals are listed in this reporting period because the individual served during the fiscal year and are considered current directors. Compensation amounts paid to directors has no correlation to their activities as directors. In all cases, the compensation paid is for professional contracted services as a certified tournament skeet referee. These directors contract their services to various other gun clubs throughout north america and would be hired by nssa regardless of whether or not they are currently directors.”

“Our volunteers help administer events, assist in enhancing our museum / hall of fame, and promote youth shooting.”

“The audit committee in conjuction with the executive committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior year.”