The Rp Group Inc.

“The executive committee is empowered to make organizational decisions between full board meetings. The executive committee is drawn from the larger board and includes the president, president elect or past president, secretary/treasurer, 2 vice presidents, institutional research & planning professional development chair and 2 additional positions, to be assigned based on organizational priorities.”

“Rp group has institutional and individual members.”

“Rp has institutional members, who elect the board, and individual members who do not have voting rights but enjoy all other membership benefits.”

“The members of the executive committee are subject to a yes or no vote from the membership each year. Each member institution casts one vote.”

“It will be reviewed by the finance & audit committee.”

“All board members are subject to the conflict of interest policy. Any time they have a material financial interest in an organizational activity, this must be disclosed via a conflict of interest form.”

“For the director - research and evaluation position, job postings for similar positions in the california community colleges were reviewed before the position was hired. Rp uses compensation studies published by the cccco, compensation data from cc websites & guidestar salary survey resources. As of january, 2015, a new and comprehensive compensation policy was adopted by the board. All staff were affected by the board approved compensation policies attached here-in except for the executive director whose compensation has not changed since being hired.”

“The bylaws are on the website, financial summaries are available in the annual report which is also posted to the website.”

“Outside services and research contract expenses: program service expenses 704,038. Management and general expenses 144,228. Fundraising expenses 48,255. Total expenses 896,521.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”