Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | American Society of Safety Professionals has seven classes of membership: regular, professional, associate, emeritus, international, honorary, and student. Qualifications for each group vary based on experience, geographic location, and certifications. Regular members, professional members, international members, and emeritus members are eligible to vote on all matters submitted to the membership. Associate members and student members are eligible to vote only on the election of Society officers. Honorary members have no vote. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | All American Society of Safety Professionals members (with the exception of honorary members) in good standing 30 days prior to election are eligible to vote for a new slate of officers at each yearly election. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | a. There are decisions subject to approval of the ASSP House of Delegates. (HOD). The House of Delegates is the organization unit of American Society of Safety Professionals that studies and debates matters important for the Society and the safety profession. In accordance with ASSP Bylaws, the HOD performs the following functions: - Receive the annual report of the President and the annual financial report. - Ratify amendment of these Bylaws as set forth in Article XXIII. - Adopt or amend the Code of Professional Conduct. - Approve the broad fiscal policy of the Society and transactions that involve purchase, sale or change in financial terms of Society-owned land and buildings. - Approve the Society's Strategic Plan. - Represent Chapter, Practice Specialty, and member viewpoints and perspectives and provide feedback to the Society on issues relating to the safety profession. b. The ASSP bylaws also specify what decisions are subject to approval by members (membership authority). Members retain the right to vote (at a membership meeting, by mail ballot and by electronic means as set forth in Articles XIV and XV) on all Board of Directors and House of Delegates-approved amendments to these Bylaws which affect the name, purposes, and organization of the Society, as listed in: Articles I, Name; Article II, Purpose; and Article XXI, Dissolution. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Form 990 is reviewed by American Society of Safety Professionals' Assistant Controller and Director of Talent, Finance, & Administration prior to filing with the IRS. The return is reviewed for clerical accuracy and also reconciled to the audited financial statements. The Form 990 is then reviewed by ASSP's CEO. A copy of the Form 990 is then provided to the Executive Committee and to all members of the governing body before submission to the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Annually, each officer, director and employee of the ASSP completes and returns a record of disclosure. The Board of Directors reviews these records of disclosure to determine whether a conflict exists and, if so, to determine what action should be taken. If a conflict exists, the board member having the conflict of interest would remove him/herself from any discussion of voting on the conflict of interest. The acceptance of such disclosures are made a part of the minutes of the meeting or documented by a mail ballot. The records of disclosure are maintained in ASSP's permanent records. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a | The Executive Committee engaged an independent consultant to review salary surveys for the CEO position. With this data, the Executive Committee approved compensation for the position. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The results of ASSP's audit including the consolidated statement of activities and the consolidated statement of financial position are posted in the Professional Safety journal each fall. Other documents, such as governing documents, conflict of interest policy, the complete fiscal year audit report, and Form 990 are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC section 6104(d). |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Change in post-retirement benefits obligations -2,069,121. Transfer to Related Organization -176,727. |
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