Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators

Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators

- POLICY STATEMENT –

May 20, 1982

The Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators makes the following “Policy Statement” to establish a policy for activities during the “Annual Conference” and for advertising and/or exhibit participants.

The Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators shall, if at all possible, obtain an exclusive contract with the facility wherein the conference is to be held. The exclusivity of this contract will be adhered to and activities of any group other than the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators shall not be permitted at the conference facility during the period of time the conference is being held.

It is also the intent of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators to discourage any other organization from using the conference to further their own respective organization. The use of the phrase –“pre-conference”- will be discouraged for the promotion of any activity not directly connected with the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators, prior to the “Annual Conference”.

The Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators will, however, cooperate with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to aid it in establishing a time and location for the conducting of certification examinations so long as such cooperation is for the benefit and convenience of the Water Pollution Control Operators.

The Board of Directors also feel that advertising in the conference program and/or exhibiting at the “Annual “Conference” will be open to any organization that provided any product and/or service that directly related to Water Pollution Control Variances from this policy may be granted by appropriate action of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators.

All events presented to the membership, that are run in cooperation of any other organization will follow advertising and facility contractual guidelines set forth through a mutually agreed upon memorandum of understanding and/or contract. No joint events shall exclusively utilize the phrase “Annual Conference” as the name for such event. Written agreements between the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators and any other organization must be signed by no less than the President and the Executive Director of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators as well as designated officers from the cooperating organization.