Nami Washington

“Types of members: a) individual members who are individuals, relatives, and/or supporters of persons living with a mental illness, who accept the mission of nami washington and pay dues as prescribed, b) chartered local nami affiliate members are a group of five or more dues-paying members who are in good standing with the state organization and nami national.”

“Individual members: a) shall be voting members of local affiliates, b) shall nominate and elect the board of directors, and adopt and amend the bylaws of their respective local affiliates, c) may otherwise be voting members of their local affiliates, all as prescribed by the bylaws of their local affiliates, and d) shall be the unit for purposes of determining the number of votes to be allocated to local affiliate members in their voting by proportional representation within nami washington. A member may support and work within several affilitates, but shall be a voting member of only one affiliate. Local affiliate members: each local affiliate in good standing shall be entitled to cast, in any election or other vote on nami washington matters, the number of votes determined by the following: number of members in the affiliate 90 days prior to the date of the meeting at which votes are cast: 5 - 75 = 1 vote; 76 - 150 = 2 votes; and 150 or more = 3 votes.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the board prior to submission to the irs.”

“The board of directors, staff, and key volunteers are covered under the conflict of interest policy. Board members fill out a conflict of interest policy form annually in addition to informing the president about any conflicts which may arise during the course of the year. Determinations of conflicts are made by the president.”

“The hiring committee did this research based upon community standards of nonprofit directors of similar sized organizations in 2014.”

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