Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Texas Gas Association serves as an educational organization, to inform, notify and ensure that the membership is fully aware of rules, regulations, and the need for compliance to those rules and regulations and the times, dates, and forms needed to meet the compliance of those rules.
The Texas Gas Association (TGA, Inc.) utilizes meetings for the Association membership and agencies to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, best practices, means of compliance with the regulations and to advise of proposed regulations and any legislation that would affect they natural gas industry. These meetings also provide a means for the state and national regulators to meet with the industry and participate in the Association meetings to clarify and explain the regulations currently in place and the upcomingproposed regulations, compliance needs, and the appropriate means and methods to comply. These meetings include an annual Operations and Management Conference Meeting, including various educational or informational breakout sessions. Board and Committee meetings and various roundtable are offered to the various niches of the industry, including Distribution, Safety Transmission (pipeline), Damage Prevention and marketing professionals. These roundtables are directed to the specific needs and interests of the various categories of membership of the Association, allowing anopportunity to exchange best practices, ideas, and operational issues faced by the various stakeholders in the industry.
The Texas Gas Association (TGA, Inc.) utilizes membership dues and the profits from the various meetings to support the administrative personnel of the Association, office expenses, travel, and lodgings required to actively support the membership across the state. This category includes salaries, travel, hotel accommodations, per-diem expenses while traveling, training for the staff and public relations and outreach of the Association, which includes attendance of other Association meetings, Board Meetings and regional schools for the industry The administrative personnel actively visit and meet with Association members around the state as a means of outreach, added value for the membership, and provide an opportunity for these members to have input into the vision and direction of the Association, ensuring that the remote members' positions and ideas are heard by the rest of the membership.
The Texas Gas Association (TGA, Inc.) utilizes the dues and profits from the various meetings to provide a means of communication among the membership. These include a hosted website with blogging capabilities, email services to provide rapid and succinct communication from the staff and Board to the membership, including, but not limited to notification of upcoming rules, regulations, and meetings; the website and email system serve as a platform for positive ideas, vision and direction of the Association to ensure that the general public continues to have a positive iew of the natural gas industry in Texas.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Darrell Cherry | President | 40 | $117,533 |
Linda Femal | Director of Member Services | 40 | $69,863 |
Phil Wiegers | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Kyle Slaughter | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Daniel Pope | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Doug Meeks | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Rusty Jennett | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Bob Gajeske | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
David Billinger | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Steve Yarbrough | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Coleman Sterling | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Dan Renner | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Robin Mcintosh | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Kevin Hecht | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Randy Guzman | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Rudy Carrizales | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Jason Walker | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Randall Rogers | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Danny Nichols | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Tomas Lucero | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Alfred Garcia | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Joe Chambers | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Ande Bostain | Board of Directors | 6 | $0 |
Jose De Alba | At-Large Officer | 10 | $0 |
Michael Fuentes | At-Large Officer | 10 | $0 |
Paul Kennegy | At-Large Officer | 10 | $0 |
Gerald Sims | Treasurer | 10 | $0 |
Jason Mustain | Secretary | 10 | $0 |
Tal Centers | Vice Chair | 10 | $0 |
Becky Palmer | Chair | 10 | $0 |
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