American Cable Association Inc

“An executive committee shall be established which will include the chairperson, vice chairperson, treasurer and two (2) members of the board of directors. The executive committee shall have the authority of the board except with respect to: - the approval of any action for which the nonprofit law also requires approval of the members; - the filing of vacancies on the board or on any committee which has the authority of the board; - the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the board or on any committee; - the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws; - the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; - the appointment of committees of the board or the members thereof; - the expenditure of corporate funds to support a nominee for director after there are more people nominated for director than can be elected; or - with respect to assest held in charitable trust, the approval of any self-dealing transaction as defined by section 5728 of the nonprofit law or any successor section thereto, except as provided by law.”

“American cable association, inc. Shall have one (1) class of voting members. Only cable television businesses may become voting members.”

“The directors shall be elected by the members ar a regular or special meeting of the members called for such purposes or by written ballot. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any meeting of the members where directors are to be elected, each member shall designate a proxy to cast such member's vote for directors at a meeting called and held for such purposes. At the meeting called for the election of directors, each such proxy shall be entitled to cast the number of votes held for each office of director to be filled, without the right to cumulate votes. In any election of directors by members, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes are elected. Only those persons nominated in accordance with the procedures established in the bylaws may stand for election as director.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the president and ceo, executive vice president and the treasurer.”

“The evp of finance reviews several (5 or more) similar association form 990's for ceo compensation. This includes associations both in washington, d.c. And in pennsylvania. The evp of finance purchases the ceo update salary guide for national associations and non-profits and creates a compensation proposal for the chairman of the board. The chairman of the board shares this proposal with the executive committee of the board. The chairman of the board determines the ceo's compensation. The evp of finance uses the same process for all officers and presents the compensation suggestions to the ceo. The ceo determines the compensation for all other officers of the corporation. The compensation for the remaining staff members is reviewed by the full board of directors as part of the budget discussion and is approved by the full board as part of the budget approval.”

“No documents are available to the public.”

“The following individuals serve on the board of american cable association, inc. With no voting rights: dick beard; pat thompson; colleen abdoulah; and doug fuller.”

“"aca shares with reps. Eshoo and walden that 'dig once' is a commonsense response to evidence that installing conduit for broadband could produce large savings based on federal highway administration (fha) estimates that it is ten times more expensive to dig up and repair an existing road to lay fiber than to dig a channel for it when the road is being built or repaired." fcc's new pole attachment order american cable association president and ceo matthew m. Polka issued the following statement in response to the federal communications commission's adoption of an order designed to bring parity to rates for attachments to utility poles paid by cable and telecommunications service providers at the cable rate formula level: "aca is pleased with the fcc's adoption of the new pole attachment order. By preventing pole owners from increasing attachment rates paid by cable providers, the decision addresses a major concern of aca members that the fcc's action in the open internet order classifying broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service will deter cable operators from investing in their broadband networks. While aca continues to oppose the fcc's decision to reclassify broadband internet access service, the independent cable community appreciates that the fcc's effort to mitigate some of the harm to investment in networks from this order by ensuring the rate formula for telecommunications services will produce pole attachment rates at parity with the cable formula. This decision also will harmonize attachment rates overseen by the federal government and the rates overseen by many states." aca commends mccain-blumenthal bill to ban tv sports blackouts aca president and ceo matthew m. Polka issued the following statement in response to the reintroduction of the furthering access and networks for sports act of 2015 (fans act) by u.s. Senators john mccain (r-az.) and richard blumenthal (d-ct.): "aca commends u.s. Sens. John mccain (r-az.) and richard blumenthal (d-ct.) on reintroducing their bill designed to shield sports fan from tv blackouts enabled by an outdated antitrust law that is being unfairly leveraged by private industry at the expense of the viewing public." "consumers should not have to suffer through tv sports blackouts when their tax dollars go to assist teams via funding support for stadium construction and associated public infrastructure while the teams each rake in millions of dollars in revenue a year from tv contracts." "in making relevant adjustments to antitrust law, the fans act bill correctly comes to the defense of tv viewers by effectively eliminating the nfl's tv blackout rule, by curtailing sports blackouts during contract disputes between broadcasters and cable and satellite tv distributors, and by ensuring home games are available on the internet when the game is unavailable on television. Aca agrees with the senators the time has come 'to spike sports blackouts once and for all." fcc consumer and governmental affairs bureau to extend the enhanced transparency exemption american cable association president and ceo matthew m. Polka issued the following statement regarding the fcc's consumer and governmental affairs bureau's one-year extension of the small isp exemption from the enhanced transparency rules: "aca appreciates the decision of the fcc's consumer and governmental affairs bureau to extend for one year the small business exemption from the open internet order's enhanced transparency requirements, even though aca believes the record supported a permanent exemption now." "by next december, the fcc may have completed the paperwork reduction act process, which will provide greater insight as to the operation of the enhanced transparency requirements and the compliance obligations. The fcc also may have issued further guidance that clarifies how smaller providers may disclose their network's performance characteristics and alleviates concerns regarding inadvertent non-compliance. A”

“Restatement for basis of accounting -163,053.”

“In previous years, the association prepared its financial statements on a modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than u.s. Gaap. In 2015, the financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Management also believes that the accrual basis of accounting more accurately reflects the association's financial position and results of operations.”