Eastern Washington State Historical Society

“The executive committee is comprised of the society's officers, the chairs of the governance committee, the collections and exhibits committee, and the development committee, as well as two members appointed at large from the board of trustees. The executive committee has authority to transact the business of the society on a case-by-case basis as directed by the board of trustees between meetings. The executive committee (a) reports its actions for ratification at each meeting of the board of trustees, (b) at least annually reviews the performance of the executive director and makes any resulting recommendations to the board of trustees, and (c) oversees the development of the society's long-range strategic plan, monitors its implementation, and regularly reports the status of progress against plans to the board of trustees.”

“The board of trustees shall appoint an executive director with the consent of the governor of the state of washington. The governor may remove the executive director for cause or if a majority of the society's board of trustees votes for removal.”

“The completed 990 and applicable schedules are distributed electronically to the full board of trustees for review and comments prior to filing.”

“The organization has an approved "guideline for professional practices" policy, in which section 1 addresses trustee conflicts of interest and requires trustees to disclose any interests which may give rise to conflicts. No conflicts have as yet been disclosed. The goverance committee and assistant attorney general would review and address any conflicts were they to be brought up.”

“Eastern washington state historical society is an agency of the state of washington, and as such, follows hiring and compensation practices as outlined by the department of enterprise services. These include compensation ranges for all classifications of employees, including executive director and other officers and key employees. The washington state office of financial management sets the salaries of state officials and reviews them periodically. In an executive session the board approved a motion to increase the executive director's salary "to the maximum amount allowed in plateau 3, as articulated in the state official salary structure by the office of financial management."”

“The society's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available electronically or via paper copies upon payment of applicable fees in response to a public records request under washington state law.”

“Independent contractor services: program service expenses 145,450. Management and general expenses 77,895. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 223,345. Equipment and exhibition rental fees: program service expenses 290,948. Management and general expenses 38,756. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 329,704. Other contractual services: program service expenses 535,904. Management and general expenses 17,141. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 553,045.”