Educause

“The organization has members with the authority to elect the board of directors.”

“Each educational institution member assigns a primary representative who is entitled to vote in the election of elected board members.”

“The board performs an annual review of the form 990 prior to filing with the irs. Several days prior to the summer board meeting, a draft of the form 990 is sent to each member of the governing body. Board members are requested to bring comments, questions, and concerns to the meeting for discussion. Several additional days, beyond the date of the board meeting, are open for further discussion. The review deadline is clearly stated. Any necessary changes are made through the third-party tax preparer subsequent to the meeting. The final copy of the form 990 is signed by the president of the association and filed with the irs.”

“All staff must read and sign the conflict of interest policy and the code of ethics policy at time of hire and as revisions occur. Board members must annually read and sign the conflict of interest policy and the code of ethics policy. Any instances of non-compliance are required to be immediately reported. The president determines corrective measures for staff in violation of the policy. The board determines corrective measures for the president or other board members.”

“An independent third party is engaged to provide competitive compensation information to the audit committee of the governing body. The subcommittee uses that information to review the compensation of the president and vice-presidents. The audit committee meets to evaluate the reliability of the benchmarking data and thoroughly reviews the reasonableness of the compensation of executive staff. The subcommittee then reports its findings to the entire governing body. Minutes of all discussions are recorded by a member of the audit committee.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are all available upon request.”

“Services provided by board members include conference honrariums, review panelist fee for subawards, and composition of an analytics risk guide.”

“Educause volunteers serve as committee members in one of two ways: informal opportunities: volunteers engage throughout the year on a project-by-project basis in various activities, such as contributing content, sharing opinions, identifying hot topics, participating in task forces and virtual communities, convening conference sessions, and mircoblogging. Formal opportunities: advisory committee member - (serve 1 to 3 year terms) volunteers contribute to special activities and guide association directions in selected areas of professional practice and policy. Program committee member - (serve 1 year term) volunteers develop themes, organization, and content for specific conferences.”