AMIS is a registered charity in the UK which means the Charities Commission reviews our accounts each year. We must submit other questionnaires about our activities during the year to insure compliance with UK laws and maintain our charitable status. AMIS was initially allowed this status after a very detailed application procedure.
Each applicant to the Charities Commission must be constituted in one of several ways. We chose to be a "Company Limited By Guarantee" which means we are also registered at Companies House, which is another UK governmental body.The Association is governed by a Board of Trustees (which we refer to as the Executive Council) which is elected from the membership. Each member of the Executive Council serves a three-year term, but may stand for re-election.
Georgia Bassett serves the association as the "Company Secretary" which we refer to as the Executive Consultant and she is responsible for the day to day running of the organization. One of the Executive Consultant's principal jobs is to carry out the policies determined by the Executive Council. Fees are also determined by the Board members at their annual planning meeting or at subsequent meetings. These meetings are generally held in conjunction with The International Honor Band and Choir Festival and at other festival sites as needed. The Executive Consultant does not serve as a member of the Executive Council.
At the bottom of this page are the AMIS Company Number and Charity Number. The mission statement and aims as approved by the Charities Commission also are listed on other pages on the web site.
The current president of the AMIS Executive Council is Richard Hein from ACS Hillingdon International School in Hillingdon, England. The Vice President who is scheduled to take over as President in March of 2008 is Keith Montgomery of The Amaerican School in London. Current members of the AMIS Executive Council are Richard Bassett, Timothy Germann, Harald Halvorsen, Richard Hein, Peter Lutkoski, Keith Montgomery, Cathy Swanson, Ian Thompson, and James Yarnell.