ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
ANTI-TRUST COMPLIANCE
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

It shall be the policy of the Capital City Roofing & Sheet Metal Association, Inc. (CRSA) to be in strict compliance with Article IX Section 6 of its bylaws and with all Federal and State Anti-Trust Rules and Regulations, therefore:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following are adopted as the Capital City Roofing & Sheet Metal Association, Inc.'s. Anti-Trust Compliance Policies and Procedures:

  1. These policies and procedures apply to all membership, board, committee, subsidiary and   related organizations and other meetings sponsored by the Association, all meetings attended  by representative of the Association and to the Association's employees in all their activities  within the scope of their employment.
  2. All meetings and Association whether membership, board, committee or any other type of  meeting sponsored by the Association, shall be conducted as though they were open to the  public.
  3. Discussions of prices or price levels are prohibited.  In addition, no discussion is permitted of  any element of a company's operations which might influence price such as (a) company cost of operations, supplies, labor or services, (b) allowance for discounts, (c) terms of sale including  credit arrangements, and (d) profit margins and mark ups, provided this limitation shall not  extend to discussions of methods of operation, maintenance and similar matters in which cost  or efficiency is merely incidental.
  4. It is a violation of the anti-trust laws to agree not to compete, therefore, discussions of  division of territories or customers or limitations on the nature of business carried on or  products sold are not permitted.
  5. Boycott in any form are unlawful.  Discussion relating to boycotts is prohibited, including  discussions about blacklisting or unfavorable reports about particular companies including their  financial situation.
  6. It is the Association's policy that all meetings attended by representatives of the Association  where discussion can border on an area of anti-trust sensitivity, that the Association's  representative request that the discussion be stopped and ask that the request be made a part  of the minutes of the meeting being attended.  If others continue such discussion, the  Association's representative should excuse himself from the meeting and request that the  minutes show that he left the meeting at that point and why he left.  Any such instances should  be reported immediately to the Executive Director of the Association and through him a legal  counsel so that the matter can be reviewed and a determination be made as to the necessity of  further action by the Association.
  7. It is the Associations' policy that a copy of these Anti-Trust Compliance Policies and  Procedures be given to each director, committee member, official representative of member  companies and Association employees annually and that the same be referenced as the first  order of business at all meetings of the membership of the Association, its subsidiaries or  related organizations.
  8. A prepared Agenda will be written and followed at all meetings.  Particular attention will be  paid to avoiding discussions as outlined in Paragraph 3 heretofore.
  9. Formal minutes of all meetings will be written and filed.

 
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