Washington Music Educators Association

“All those individuals from the state of washington who join nafme (the natonal association for music education) are also members of wmea.”

“Each biennium, wmea members elect the wmea board of directors”

“The draft form 990 is reviewed by the organization staff for completeness. Then a revised draft, if required, is given to the finance committee and the wmea executive board for further review before the return is completed, signed, and filed.”

“Governance policies have historically been followed in principle. In october 2009, a finance commitee was appointed and is authorized to act on the boards behalf in financial matters and for the establishment of written governance policies. Wmea has adopted a written policy on document retention/destruction, conflict of interest, whistleblowers, and compensation. In august 2012, (and annually each year, each member of the wmea board reviewed and signed the conflict of interest policy and these documents are available at the wmea office.”

“Description of review approval and contemporaneous substantion of executive director and publications manager compensation. In june 2012, the wmea board adopted a compensation policy requiring review, approval, and use of comparable data, and contemporaneous record-keeping of decisions regarding the executive director and publications manager compensation. Each biennium as part of the budget development, the board compensation committee reviews compensation and fringe benefits provided, seeks comparable data from similar non-profits in the region, and determines appropriate compensation for the positions. The results are communicated to the full board and to affected individuals and appropriate staff for action.”

“Wmea posts its board meeting minutes to its website in the members-only area, along with publishing the minutes in voice magazine, and posts its biennial budget to its website in the members-only area. As noted in the explanation for part vi, line 12c, governance policies have historically been followed in principle, and wmea has now adopted governance policies as noted above. Governance policies are made available to interested parties upon request.”

“$43,089 was spent to update the WMEA website. This cost was primarily associated with the program services of WMEA and an amount of $300 was charged to office administration expense.”