California Ambulance Association

“The duties of executive director have been contracted to Rob Lawrence. Accounting, administrative, and meeting planning services have been contracted to California Advocates Management Services.”

“There are five classes of membership: active, associate, out of state, commercial, and honorary.”

“The Board of Directors reviews the 990 before it is filed and documents its review in the minutes of the applicable board meeting.”

“A form is used to facilitate disclosure of conflicts of interest. For each interest disclosed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the Board ofDirectors and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions within the Organization; or (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the Organization or, if the person refuses to resign, become subject to possible removal in accordance with the Organizations removal procedures. CAAs Executive Director and ManagementCompany will monitor proposed or ongoing transactions for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the Chairman of the Board of Directors in order to deal with potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred.”

“This Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation of the California Ambulance Association applies to the compensation of the following independent contractors retained by the CAA: Executive Director, Management Company, Legislative Advocate, Communications Director, Accountancy Firm, and other independent contractors as the association shall retain from time to time.The process includes all of these elements: (1) review and approval by the Board of Directors; (2) use of data as to comparable compensation; and (3) contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping.1. Review and approval. The compensation of the person/company is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of the CAA, provided that persons with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval.2. Use of data as to comparable compensation. The compensation of the person /company is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons/companies in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations.3. Contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.”

“Governing documents, policies, and financial statements are made available to members upon request.”