References

1. Reporting to:
The Industry

2. Purpose:
Overall
To promote and manage an industry agreed Code of Conduct for online media sales houses and liaise with appointed auditors for independent verification of compliance.

Specific
a) To anticipate, lead (and be seen to lead and promote actively) developments in the professionalism of online sales houses:

• by formulating opinions and taking necessary action proactively to meet the future requirements of the constituents of IASH;

• by responding to market developments, originating policy on behalf of the industry and implementing action as appropriate.

b) To ensure IASH operates to the benefit of the constituents of IASH as agreed by the Members of IASH.

c) To establish working parties as necessary to consider individual issues, reporting to the main IASH Council as necessary.


3. Membership:
Companies seeking IASH membership must pass an ABCe audit. An IASH Member is an organization who has successfully completed an ABCe IASH Audit (for a minimum of 1 calendar month). All applying companies are allowed to use IASH permissions so they can be put under audit

4. IASH Council:

a) Criteria for membership of the IASH Council:
An individual employed by an IASH Member company.

b) Size of Council
1 nominated individual per IASH Member company.

c) Chairman:
The chairman shall be elected annually by the IASH Council and will be either a nominated individual from an IASH Member company or an independent person.

d) Voting:
i) The Chairman - 1 vote (and casting vote if required)
ii) Nominated individual - 1 vote per IASH Member company

The Council will have the discretion to seek the resignation of any individual in category (ii) above who fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings. A replacement nominated individual will be required to be stated by the IASH Member company concerned.

iii) Alternates: permitted if notified in writing to the chairman at least 5 working days prior to a meeting. Each member is allowed one named alternate.
iv) Secretariat responsibility: Rests with the IAB

5. Quorum:
The greater of 5 or 25% of the number of Members


6. Frequency of meetings:
Scheduled, minimum quarterly.

Extraordinary meetings may be called by any nominated individual through the Chair so long as they have the support of 4 or more nominated individuals from other IASH Member companies and so long as the Chair gives at least 10 working days written notice of the meeting to all IASH Members

7. IAB Membership
* IAB Lite Membership has a flat fee of £2,200 per annum, and is available only to IASH Members and Applicants.

* IAB Lite Membership contains the following benefits: PR hub for IASH, Online Ad Spend Study, UK Online Population Survey, IAB Engagement Study, listing in IAB Membership Directory, discount on IAB Progress training courses, access & input to Case Study Library, IAB email newsletter, Central London venue for IASH meetings, communications to advertisers & agencies.

* Full IAB Membership fees are calculated at 0.375% of net online advertising revenues. Further benefits are available to Full Members. Details on costs and benefits can be found at www.iabuk.net/jointheiab or email dan@iabuk.net