Business Affiliates

Wolf Consulting
3230 East Flamingo Rd, #51

Las Vegas, NV 89121

Phone: 702-592-1387
FAX: 702-898-1474

Organizational Affiliates

CAMA – Central Arizona Museum Association (www.azcama.com)
TAM – Tucson Association of Museums (www.tucsonmuseums.org)
MECA – Museum Educators Council of Arizona

How to become an affiliate:

1. Criteria for Eligibility
   
   1. An Affiliate Group is defined by the Museum Association of Arizona Board of Directors as "an organization, either within the museum field or representing an i: academic or professional organization which has concerns relating to the organizational objectives within the museum field, and which has ethical standards, ,~ academic background, and objectives in common with those of the MAA."

   2. Membership must be based upon an identifiable academic background or clear relationship to the goals and/or activities of the MAA.

   3. Affiliate Groups must be regional in geographic area; i.e. representative of the southern, central, western, or northern regions, or any combination thereof, of Arizona.

2. Guidelines and Procedures
   
   1. A minimum of 50 percent of individual members from a petitioning Affiliate Group must hold concurrent MAA individual membership, or be employed by a MAA Institutional member prior to receiving authorization to Affiliate Group status.

   2. The petitioning Affiliate Group must provide a written request to the MAA Board on or prior to September 1 of each year, for consideration of authorization and subsequent voting by the membership of the MAA.

      Such written request must include the following information:
      

      1. range of geographic representation;
      2. roster of current members, to allow the MAA to determine that 50% or more of the petitioning Affiliate Group are MAA members;
      3. organizational goals and/or objectives;
      4. brief history, including significant actions, meeting schedules, newsletters, and other evidence of ongoing organizational activity;
      5. a formal written request for Affiliate Group status, signed by the President or Chair of the petitioning organization.

   3. Authorized Affiliate Groups are invited to nominate one member, typically their current President or Chair, to serve as a member of the MAA Board of Directors for a period of one year. This nomination will be part of the MAA's Nominating Committee deliberation process, with the nominated slate of officers to be voted upon by the MAA membership at the MAA's Annual Meeting.

   4. Affiliate Groups must be re-approved by a majority vote of the MAA Board in the third year following initial authorization, and every three years thereafter. Re-approval will be contingent upon the ongoing, positive participation of the Affiliate Group in the MAA, and the submission of a current membership roster to allow MAA to certify that at least 50% of Affiliate Group members are MAA Individual members in good standing, or employed by a MAA Institutional member.

   5. Affiliate Groups are permitted to apply for grants or other methods of financial support utilizing the MAA, and its 50l(c)(3) status, as a fiscal agent: all grants or other methods of financial support shall be payable to the Museum Association of Arizona, and directed to the MAA Treasurer for deposit in the appropriate account(s) of the MAA. The MAA Treasurer shall then make disbursements in the required amounts at the appropriate date(s) and time(s) that support the Affiliate Group's activities.

      Every such grant or support request shall be submitted in its entirety for approval by the MAA Board prior to being submitted to the funding agency/source. The Affiliate's Board; representative will then provide budget and status reports to the MAA Board at each quarterly Board meeting, and the Affiliate Group will provide a written Final Report to the -" MAA Board detailing the results obtained through the grant or other method of financial support, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the funded activity(s).

   6. An Affiliate Group may propose its own program(s) for inclusion in the MAA Annual Meeting. Such program(s) must be included in the overall Annual Meeting budget and subject to budgetary and content approval by the MAA Annual Meeting planning committee.

   7. Utilization of the MAA's non-profit, 501 (c)(3) status does not include direct or indirect financial or monetary support from the MAA to its Affiliates.

   8. An Affiliate Group shall have the authority to maintain a dues and/or assessment requirement for membership, however, all dues notices and solicitations for membership must specifically state that the dues for the Affiliate are "in addition to any dues paid to MAA for MAA individual membership.