California District Attorneys Assoc

“The membership of the association is classified as follows: 1) voting members include all persons admitted to practice before the supreme court of the state of california in good standing and who are duly elected or appointed as district attorneys of any county in the state of california, an attorney general of the state of california, a city attorney principally engaged in the prosecution of criminal cases of any city in the state of california, attorneys employed in the office of a district attorney or city attorney principally engaged in the prosecution of criminal cases, and any deputy employed in the office of the california attorney general; 2)non-voting members include all persons who are attorneys employed in any office of a united states attorney or any office of a military judge advocate general located in california, a state inspector general, or any office of a california state agency engaged in regulatory activities involving civil or criminal enforcement, law clerks employed in the office of the attorney general, united states attorney, state inspector general, judge advocate general, deputy district attorneys or city attorneys, former california district attorneys or city attorneys, faculty directly connected with courses on criminal law or administration of justice at california colleges and universities, peace officers, and administrators, victim-witness supervisors or investigators employed in any district attorney or city attorney office. The voting class of members retains the right to elect the officers and directors, and to set or revise the qualifications of members, the different classes of membership, the voting and other rights and privileges of members.”

“The voting class of members retains the right to elect the officers and directors, and to set or revise the qualifications of members, the different classes of membership, the voting and other rights and privileges of members.”

“The voting class of members must approve decisions of the governing body, including: to dissolve the corporation, to revise the language of the articles of incorporation and bylaws, to elect the officers and directors, and to set or revise the qualifications of members, the different classes of membership, the voting and other rights and priviledges of members and the dues and other assessments to be paid by the different classes of members.”

“The board of directors review the draft form 990 prior to it being submitted to the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy details are provided as part of hiring documents for cdaa staff. A conflict of interest policy for members of governing board is in place and sent out with each meeting agenda. At the beginning of each board meeting this conflict of interest statement is read and all members of the governing board are expected to alert to any potential conflict of interest on the meeting agenda. Should a member of the governing body have a potential conflict of interest, they recuse themselves from the discussion and decision making of that subject.”

“The cdaa board of directors are solely responsible for determining the compensation of the chief executive officer of the organization. These decisions are made upon the hiring of a new ceo, and upon the review of the ceo for increase of compensation. Last undertaken in april 2022 for ceo gregory totten. Compensation for non-ceo positions are set by the ceo, utlizing available current market data.”

“Copies of documents will be available upon request.”

“Neither the process for oversight of the financial statement audit nor the process for selection of an independent accountant changed from the prior year.”