Ma-Aua Education Fund Inc

“The board has delegated management and administrative functions to veritas management association.”

“The organization has six classes of members: active, senior, associate, affiliate, candidate, and honorary.”

“Active and senior membes have the right to elect officers and members of the board of directors.”

“Active and senior members have the right to approve new cadidates for membership, by-law changes and any new business items presented by the board of directors.”

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside certified public accounting firm and presented to the executive director for review. After review, form 990 is presented to the board treasurer for review before filing.”

“All committee members are required to complete an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. The signed disclosures are reviewed by the committee chairperson prior to leadership meetings. The review is listed as a discussion item on the committee agenda and the review and discussion are documented in the committee meeting minutes.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Ma-aua education fund (maef) benefits the general public by encouraging the study of urological medicine, and by maintaining the highest standards for urological education, practice and research. Maef encourages contributions to medical and scientific literature pertaining to urology and promotes fellowship and professional cooperation among mid-atlantic section members to advance their legitimate professional interests. Maef committees meet during the year to plan programs, to monitor new technologies and other medical related matters. Regular e-new communications are sent and other helpful information to members is maintained on the organization's website. The organization provides research grants to young investigators and grants to urology training programs to help offset their costs in sending residents to maef scientific meetings.”