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AILA's Crystal Williams - An 11 Percent Raise to 276,792 Per Year - Outrageous!by Kenneth RinzlerLast Friday, July 13, AILA posted its 2011 tax return (Form 990) on its website. In addition to death and taxes, we can now add AILA's hypocrisy to those things which are certain in life. For no matter what, salaries for the top staff at AILA will continue to increase at obscene rates. Look at the following data concerning the annual compensation package of Crystal Williams, AILA's Executive Director:
It is universally acknowledged by all that this country is in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, with an official unemployment rate hovering at 8% (and an unofficial rate probably significantly higher), yet the ExCom of AILA - of which the Executive Director is a member - keeps giving these outrageous raises, year after year. I don't know what's worse: whether AILA's leadership actually believes that Ms. Williams deserved an 11% raise last year, or their confidence that the membership will forever turn a blind eye and continue to pony up outrageous dues for executive compensation, overseas junkets, and overpriced conferences. Ask yourself: did you get an 11% raise last year, on top of the 27% raise the year before? I sure didn't. When you add in the perks, such as attending conferences, etc., we are talking about $300,000 per year. Remember this is for a not for profit, member-funded organization, not a company. Are the members getting their money's worth? I think not.
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