Executive Committee

The Board will meet every year before the budget season begins to review each committees strategic objectives, targets, initiatives and mission to ensure that they align with the Chapter Mission Statement and overall Chapter objectives.  Attached is each committee’s strategic plan for the current year.

2016

• January 2016

2015

This section if for the current Board members to review upcoming meeting information, Chapter Leader documents and the Board Calendar.

Description

Statements concerning behaviors, perceptions, and actions of all members that relate to ethical compliance while acting within all areas of IFMA. This document is a guideline and does not represent the entire breadth of what constitutes good conduct and ethical behavior.

Purpose

To clearly set expectations so individuals will know how to act ethically at all times. The code is designed to foster trust and mutual respect among those working in IFMA and the facility management profession.

Governing Authorities: IFMA’s Constitution and Bylaws

Scope:

• This policy covers all volunteer leaders within IFMA. It also covers individual member’s behaviors when acting in any capacity of IFMA membership. Individuals applying for and being accepted for membership in IFMA expressly agree to abide by the rules and regulations that govern the Association, which include these Code of Ethics statements.
• Members are expected to comply with any and all similar standards and ethical guidelines that are prescribed by their employer.
• These statements work in concert with the IFMA Standards of Business Conduct that are focused on the business operation functions within IFMA.
• Member expulsion from IFMA is only approved by the Board of Directors.

Purpose: All IFMA members are expected to comply with the IFMA Code of Ethics. When in doubt, members have the responsibility to seek clarification from IFMA.

Confidentiality

• IFMA members shall not disclose, directly or indirectly, any confidential information relating to IFMA business, staff, or other IFMA members.
• IFMA members shall be encouraged to share (within bounds of confidentiality and proprietary) educational and professional development information to the membership.
• IFMA members shall maintain the highest professional standards and ethical behavior in their Association relationships. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of mail lists, membership information and membership resources, or any calls, contacts or working relationships outside of IFMA.

Conflicts of Interest

• Promptly disclose any known conflict of interest to related parties, and use any reasonable means to resolve such conflicts.

Compliance with Laws

• IFMA members will comply with all civil and criminal laws that may apply to them.
• IFMA members will not engage in unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, age, disability, national origin, or any other category protected by law in their dealings with fellow IFMA members.

Responsibility to the Profession

• IFMA members shall abide by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and shall support the objectives of its strategic plan and show respect in interactions with the interests of the Association.
• IFMA members shall not engage in professional malfeasance, nor shall they make any misrepresentation concerning professional designations authorized by IFMA, nor shall any member misrepresent their educational qualifications, credentials, or working experience.
• IFMA members shall treat each other with respect when dealing with matters that could affect their professional reputations. All members shall recognize that the profession will be judged by the conduct of individual members.
• IFMA members shall use IFMA membership as a means of professional development for themselves and not personal aggrandizement.

Protection of Assets

• Individuals who oversee Association assets shall apply the best available knowledge and techniques to preserve asset value and integrity.

Fair Dealing

• IFMA members shall endeavor to deal fairly with other members, competitors, vendors, and employees. No member shall take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, misrepresentation or material facts, or any other unfair dealing practice.
• IFMA members will abide by policies which may restrict or forbid commercial transactions at certain times or certain events (e.g., a meeting at which an entity is the sole or exclusive sponsor of the event, in an educational presentation which forbids commercial references or endorsements).

Reporting of any Illegal or Unethical Behavior

• IFMA members are responsible to report the actions of individuals or companies considered contrary to the Code of Ethics to IFMA.
• IFMA shall follow standard procedures for the enforcement of this Code as approved by the IFMA Board of Directors.

IFMA respects the privacy of visitors to its website and has developed the following privacy policy to inform visitors about how information is handled once it has been submitted online.

What information do we collect?
IFMA collects information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, register for an event, respond to a survey, fill out a form or become a member.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?
Any of the information IFMA collects from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)

To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)

To process transactions
Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.

To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature or to publicize member or guest registration pertaining to local or national chapter events to encourage event participation.

To send periodic emails
The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.  In addition, both members and non-members will have provisions during event registration to opt out of specific elements contained within this policy.

How do we protect your information?
IFMA implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies?
Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.  We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart and understand and save your preferences for future visits. If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by contacting IFMA Member Service.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
IFMA does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. IFMA may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into their control panel and going to the ‘Edit Profile’ page.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
IFMA is in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at http://www.ifma.org

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to IFMA’s online privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on 7/24/2014

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

Minneapolis / Saint Paul Chapter:
5353 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: 952-564-3042
Fax: 952-252-8096
Email: debbie@msp-ifma.org
Website:  www.msp-ifma.org

IFMA International  Office:
www.ifma.org
800 Gessner Road, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77024
United States
ifma@ifma.org
713-623-4362

The Executive committee welcomes any questions, concerns or feedback at any time.  We want to encourage each of you to take an active part in being a member of this Chapter.  Please contact us as we are continually working to advance the Facility Management Profession and the careers of all of our members and your feedback is important.  Thank you for being a part of the wonderful organization!