Automotive Service Association

“1. Regular, national member: one vote in asa annual board election, participation in asa member benefit programs, and subscription to autoinc publication. 2. Corporate: one vote during the annual asa board election for the position of general director, a company listing on the asa website, annual subscription to autoinc. 3. Supporting: member is listed in autoinc publication, one printed copy of autoinc. 4. Educational: qualifies for asa-member prices for attending nace/cars show. 5. Associate: company name and contact information published in the associate member directory on the asa website, subscription to autoinc, may participate in asa benefit programs.”

“The board is elected annually from and by the general membership.”

“Any change to the bylaws is subject to majority membership vote.”

“There are no committees authorized to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The president reviews the form 990 before it is filed. It is subsequently given to the board of directors. Should the board of directors have any questions, they are directed to the executive director or the independent cpa firm that prepared the return.”

“The officers, board of directors, president, and vice president are required to annually disclose or update the chairman of the board or directors on a form provided by the association their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest. For each interest disclosed to the chairman, the chairman will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the board of directors and other individuals covered by the policy; (c) ask the person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions within the association; or (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the association or, if the person refuses to resign, become subject to possible removal in accordance with the association's removal procedures.”

“The compensation of the president is reviewed and approved by the corporate officers of the association, provided that persons with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval. This is done using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement. The president shall determine the salaries, terms and conditions of employment of other association employees within the established budget. The president may approve contracts with other employees, with the corporate officers' approval.”

“No documents are available to the public.”

“When the former controller left the company in 2016, the financial records were in complete disarray. Throughout the remainder of that year, and up to the present, the current chief operating officer and accounting staff have been reconstructing the prior year records as well as performing their duties for the current period. The 2016 form 990 was prepared before a financial audit of the organization was prepared. As of the date of filing, that report has only been partially completed. This prior period adjustment reflects changes made to the 2015 and 2016 financials after the 2016 return was filed. No amended return has been filed as the reconstruction is still ongoing and the net adjustments would have reduced taxable income on form 990-t.”