The American Venous Forum

“AVF contracts with Executive Director Inc. (a For-Profit management company) to provide office facilities, management, record keeping, accounting, storage, other related services, and overhead costs. Prior to this, AVF had contracted with Administrare (a For-Profit management company) to provide office facilities, management, record keeping, accounting, storage, other related services, and overhead costs.”

“The organization went through a bylaws revision during the year with the help of legal counsel with the intent to streamline operations. The bylaws were simplified and formatted in a more concise way that allowed for other operational tasks to be developed into a policy manual for the organization.”

“The organization has members. Membership in the organization is a privilege and is dependent upon an application submitted by the applicant for one of the 7 different classes of members as documented in the organizations bylaws.”

“A copy of the 990 is made available to all members of the governing body before it's filed. The form is reviewed in detail by the Finance Committee & Treasurer of the organization.”

“Annually, each Board member and key employee shall be asked to review the conflict of interest policy and acknowledge, in writing, that s/he has done so. Annually, each Board member and key employee shall complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances that could give rise to a conflict of interest. At the outset of every Board meeting, the Board president or presiding officer shall request that any Board member or key employee with a conflict of interest related to an agenda item make it known. Such disclosure shall be noted in the minutes. If or when a Board member holds a financial, professional, or personal relationship that represents an actual or apparent conflict of interest, the Executive Director or any Board member is entitled to request that such Board member recuse him- or herself from decision-making deliberations that could be affected by such relationship. Members who have a conflict of interest on a matter that comes to a vote shall abstain from voting; such abstention shall be noted in the minutes.”

“The Organization is managed by Executive Director Incorporated, a for-profit management company.The Organization has no official employees because all staff assigned to the Organization are employees of the management company. The Organization does not compensate Directors, other top officials, nor has anybody that fits the definition of a Key Employee. The management contract includes providing office facilities, management, record-keeping, accounting, storage, other significant services, and related overhead costs.The Organizations management fee is compared to data from the Benchmarking Series Publication-Operating Ratio Report provided by ASAE & the Center Industry Research and is approved by the Organizations Board of Directors. This data outlines percentages of an Organizations budget spent on expense line items included in the Organizations management fee.”

“The Organization is managed by Executive Director Incorporated, a for-profit management company.The Organization has no official employees because all staff assigned to the Organization are employees of the management company. The Organization does not compensate Directors, other top officials, nor has anybody that fits the definition of a Key Employee. The management contract includes providing office facilities, management, record-keeping, accounting, storage, other significant services, and related overhead costs.The Organizations management fee is compared to data from the Benchmarking Series Publication-Operating Ratio Report provided by ASAE & the Center Industry Research and is approved by the Organizations Board of Directors. This data outlines percentages of an Organizations budget spent on expense line items included in the Organizations management fee.”

“All of the organization's governing documents are either available on its website or upon request at the home office.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other program expenses include expenses related to the Vein Forum Course, National Screening Program, Journal subscription costs, website & committee work.”