International Design Continuing Education Council (Idcec)

“The Board members have the power to appoint one or more members of the governing body.”

“The Board has the power to appoint members of the organization.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the Board before submission.”

“The Board has procedures to monitor and enforce compliance.”

“There is a process that the Board follows to determine the compensation of the organization's officers.”

“These documents are available upon request.”

“The core members of IDCEC are specified in the orgnizational documents, they include the following organizations and their succesors: 1. American Association of Interior Designers, Inc. (ASID) 2. Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) 3. International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Additional levels of membership are available based on various considerations A) An Associate member is a membership organization closely related to the design niche B) A Provider is an organization, company or individual that frequently provides Education Programs appropriate for designers C) An Affiliate member is a Company, Regulatory Board or other Organization”

“Core members are entitled to appoint one Director to the Board of Directors Only the Board shall be entitled to vote on the following issues: 1. Any amendment of Governing documents 2. Any single expenditure in excess of $10,000 3. Suspension or Termination of any core member 4. Selection and engagement of staff 5. Any additional terms and conditions of core membership”

“A copy of Form 990 is provided to all members of the Governing Body prior to filing with the IRS”

“In the event of a potential conflict, a Director shall declare the potential conflict of interest at a meeting of the Board, after which the Director became aware of such potential conflict. The Director shall not participate directly or indirectly in a discussion. Such declaration and abscence shall be recorded in the Minutes. Board members are required to sign an agreement stating that they will act in the best interest of IDCEC.”

“All of IDCEC's correspondence and business with customers take place via their website & CRM system. All information on customer's accounts and their records are stored in IDCEC's system. Customer payment infomation (none of which is stored locally) is housed in IDCEC's Moneris pay page. E-mail is stored offsite and accessed through the Microsoft office 365 Outlook application or webmail. the accounting system is stored on Micorsoft's business Central D365 Cloud accounting software application and backed up on the Cloud. All payment information collected from customers is processed through Moneris. IDCEC does not store Credit Card information on their Servers.”

“Salary reviews were conducted, whereby a Committee was established to research the market”

“Form 1024, 990 and 990T, Governing Documents and conflict of interest policies are available upon request”

“No employees existed within the United States. However, the organization employed 3 employees outside the United States. Compensation is reported using the translation from Canadian to US dollars uisng an average rate of Conversion of 0.73833”

“The International Design Continuing Education Council Inc. (IDCEC) seeks to serve as the premier advocate for the continuing education in the advancement of the design profession, and to inspire and guide providers of continuing education programs to deliver high quality, lifelong learning activities for design practitioners. IDCEC has streamlined and centralized the support to learners, providers, reviewers and administrators as well as enhanced the administration and approval of professional continuing education units (CEUs) within the design industry.”

“IDCEC is audited in accordance with Canadian Accounting Standards for Not For Profit Organizations.”

“IDCEC's Office is physically located in Canada as such, employees are Canadian residents subject to Canadian payroll deductions, per Canadian Law.”

“Change in Net Assets -117,302. Other Adjustments 6,352.”

“Reconcilliation of Net Assets This amount is the change in Net Assets, for the most part due to a redution in the Investments, foreign exchange gain of $16,671 and other items.”