Medical Library Association Inc

“An agreement has been made whereby mci usa hires staff members to work for mla and mla pays a management fee.”

“The classes of membership shall be voting and nonvoting. The voting class shall include active members defined as persons who at the time of qualification were actively engaged in, retired from, or interested in professional library or bibliographic work, or a health or information sciences profession. Other subclasses of voting and nonvoting membership shall be determined according to policies adopted by the board of directors. A member may cast more than one vote if eligible to do so as defined by the membership classes.”

“Election ballots, accompanied by the required biographical data, photographs, and statements of aims, shall be distributed to the voting membership by headquarters not later than nine weeks prior to the annual meeting and received at headquarters by the date previously announced for counting ballots, which shall be at least three weeks after ballots are distributed. Ballots received after the date announced for counting shall be destroyed. Candidates for president-elect shall be declared elected upon receiving a majority of the votes cast. Where there are more than two candidates, a plurality shall elect candidates for the positions of director and member of the nominating committee receiving the highest number of votes for the number of vacant positions shall be by lot.”

“The association shall hold annually a regular meeting of members for the transaction of general business. Except as otherwise stated in these bylaws, voting members at the annual meeting shall be the final authority in governing the association. The voting body of the annual meeting or of a special meeting shall consist of all voting members who are in good standing and who are present at the business meeting. One person may cast two votes only if eligible as an institutional representivie and also as an active member.”

“The final form 990 is e-mailed to each member of the finance executive committee. This group is comprised of the treasurer, immediate past- president, four additional members, the mla executive director and director of finance.”

“The association requires affiliation/financial disclosure for any member of the mla board of directors, committee chairs and chair-elects, liaisons to other organizations, authors who write for mla publications, and instructors/presenters at mla-sponsored events and activities (known as above-mentioned group). Mla's disclosure policy is intended to protect all parties involved from any potential conflict of interest that may arise by serving/working with any association programs and services. The users and/or particpants in mla programs and services must be made aware of any affiliations or financial arrangements between members of the above- mentioned group and a grantor and/or an organization(s). Any affiliation or financial arrangement that may cause embarrassment to mla, members of the above-mentioned group, a grantor, or an organization, or could be perceived as unethical, must be disclosed. Mla will inform users and/or participants of any affiliations or financial arrangements of members of the above-mentioned group through appropiate means. It is the responsibility of members of the above-mentioned group to return a completed disclosure form to mla, if appropriate, prior to serving,instructing, presenting, or publishing on/in mla leadership roles/activities/publications.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request pursuant to the period of disclosure indicated by irc section 6104 (d).”

“The medical library association's mission is to provide lifelong educational opportunities to members and nonmembers, support health information research, and promote the importance of quality information to the health care community (clinicians, patients and others) for improved health care.”

“Certifications and publications.”