| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Members or stockholder classes and rights Part VI line 6 | The organization has individual members aligned with the AIA National organization membership categories (Architect AIA, Associate AIA, emeritus) as well as student members, Firm Network Members, Allied Members, and honorary members. |
| Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a | Each individual member, regardless of member category with the national organization or locally, can vote to elect the governing board. There is one vote per member. |
| Governing body decisions Part VI line 7b | Changes to the AIA Seattle bylaws. |
| Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 | The Finance Committee and Executive Committee will review the draft 990 in advance of a regularly occurring board meeting and share to the full board the filings are prepared and ready to be submitted on their recommendation. |
| Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c | The policy is shared annually at the time of new board onboarding and the duty to disclose conflicts is required in all meetings and decisions based on the policy to disclose. |
| CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a | Annual performance review of Executive Director by board and staff, and compensation reports received by contracted HR professional who provides to boards Executive Committee, support also received from Associate Director to connect Executive Committee to compensation reports and make recommendations based on the structure of annual review for the full staff. Efforts were made in 2024 to bring the Executive Director review into allignment with the rest of the staff documentation and process. |
| Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 | Available upon request. |
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