Oregon Dental Association

“An executive committee consisting of the officers, speaker of the house, editor and four at-large members elected by the board of trustees from the remaining trustees shall, when the board of trustees is not in session, exercise all of the powers of the board of trustees and shall have the primary responsibility for and be expected to take final action with respect to all matters coming before it.”

“Multiple officers, directors, and trustees are co-shareholders in a dental care optimization company.”

“The organization has members who can elect trustees and delegates.”

“Members elect delegates who in turn elect trustees.”

“The board of trustees will be emailed the entire draft 990 prior to filing, encouraging comments and corrections.”

“The conflict of interest policy covers all board members and all officers. It requires disclosure of any transaction from which such a person might benefit that they feel should be disclosed, and also asks about family and business relationships with any other covered person. The policy is given to each covered person annually. Staff reviews the responses and determines when a conflict should be disclosed and to whom.”

“Executive director compensation is compared to multiple management information reports. The process takes place annually in november according to ed employment contract. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: there are no other officers or key employees receiving compensation from the organization.”

“Governing documents are available in the members only section of the website. Other requests are considered on a case by case basis.”

“The return is amended to correct lobbying expenses. The original return erroneously incldued $135,000 of expenses that were expended for a local ballot measure that would have added fluoride to the water supply in portland. This is a local legislation that is exempt under section 162(e)(2).”