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National Albanian Registry United States of America

Governance

How NAR is governed.

NAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Eight admins sit on the board; four of them are elected officers. Sensitive actions — removing an admin, mass-emailing registrants, changing the data-usage policy, amending the bylaws — require multiple signatures, recorded in an append-only audit log. Removal of an admin requires documented cause. The full bylaws are public.

6-minute walkthrough

How the system works.

A short walk through the mechanics — what happens between the moment an admin proposes an action and the moment it executes. Real screens. Real schema. No marketing.

Decision rules

How decisions get approved.

Each action has a written threshold encoded in software. The thresholds and the audit log apply equally to everyone, officer or not.

Schedule of Approval Thresholds

Day-to-day operations
Any one admin · audit logged
Publish content, send transactional emails, edit a record.
Invite a new admin
Two existing admin approvals
Mass-email registrants
Two admin approvals
A single compromised account cannot blast the registry.
Press release naming individuals
Two admin approvals + named-person consent
Remove an admin
Two admin approvals + documented cause (bylaws Art. V)
Change the data-usage policy
Two admin approvals + ≥51% advisory
Amend the bylaws
Two admin approvals + 75% advisory
Dissolve the organization
Two admin approvals + 80% advisory

Full decision matrix and quorum definitions at bylaws Article IV.

The board

Current managing board.

All admins hold the same tier and the same removal threshold. Officers are the elected fiduciary roles required by 501(c)(3) law — separate from admin status, and rotated every two years.

Officers (elected, 2-year terms)

  • Ervin Toro

    Founder & President · NY

  • Erold Merko

    Treasurer · MI

  • Naldi Duro

    Secretary · FL

  • Iliriana Sela

    Director of Community Outreach · NY

Operations

  • Marsel Alickolli

    Operations

  • Esti Gajda

    Operations

  • Leart Ulaj

    Operations

  • Enri Zhulati

    Product & Web

All board members serve unpaid.

National advisory board

Forming through the May 1, 2026 founding governance call. Community leaders across regions and sectors. Each gets one vote on data-usage changes, bylaws amendments, and dissolution — the decisions that touch trust most. Names posted here within 7 days of seating. Target size: 200+ leaders nationally.

Decision log + audit transparency

Decisions, with dates.

Material governance decisions are posted here with a date and a one-line rationale. Where a vote was held, the tally is published. Historical entries are not edited; corrections are added as new entries that supersede prior ones.

  • May 1, 2026

    Bylaws ratified at the founding governance call.

    Egalitarian model adopted: all eight admins hold the same tier and removal threshold; sensitive actions require multi-sig encoded in software. Full text at /governance/bylaws.

  • Apr 28, 2026

    Recommendation drafted for the founding call.

    Four candidate governance structures were evaluated; multi-sig + cause-required removal — universal protections that apply equally to everyone — was put forward to the May 1 founding call.

  • Apr 25, 2026

    501(c)(3) filed.

    IRS confirmation pending; deductibility applies retroactively to filing date once confirmed.

Most recent entry first.

Read the bylaws.

Articles I through XV: purpose, member tiers, officers, decision rules, cause for removal, conflict of interest, the data trust, intellectual property, dissolution, amendments, records retention, code of ethics, continuity and receivership, removal due process, and the audit committee.