by The NRA Meeting of Members will be tomorrow (Saturday, April 18th) at 10am in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center. I would encourage everyone attending the NRA Annual Meeting to take some time and attend this meeting.
I won’t be introducing any resolutions this year but I do think there will be one concerning conflicts of interest. I will be interested to see it
While we are speaking of compliance, I would encourage every member attending to pick up the Annual Compliance Report to Members. There will be copies outside the meeting room. It is compiled by Chief Compliance Officer Matthew Boyden. The report discusses items including travel and entertainment expenses, contract negotiations and payments, related party transactions, whistleblower reports, and the independent audit. As a member of the Audit Committee, I have seen the draft version and it does contain a lot of good news that should please NRA members. Without going into detail until the final version is handed out tomorrow, the bottom line is the NRA has cleaned up its act.
The Annual Compliance Report to Members will be available soon on the NRA’s website under “Governance Information”. This is where other member-only information concerning finances, tax filings, bylaws, and board minutes can be found.
President Bill Bachenberg will be presenting a bylaw change to members that would reduce the size of the 20-member Executive Committee and reframing it as a governance committee. As the proposal now stands, the committee will consist of the three officers, the chairs of the Audit, Finance, Legal Affairs, and Members, and two at-large board members. The NRA leadership has heard member calls for reduction in the size of the Board. This reduction in size of the Executive Committee along with a potential proposal to gradually reduce the size of the Board will be part of President Bachenberg’s presentation as I understand it.
While there will be much more discussed at the Meeting of Members, I wanted to get these two highlights out there.
See you there!
