Member Right & Obligation
Any person or organization interested in the purposes of the Foundation shall be eligible for membership. Categories of membership and rights and benefits pertaining thereto (including the right to vote any limitations or denial of same) shall be determined based on the dues structure established from time to time by the Board of Advisors of the Foundation.
All individuals holding membership in the Foundation shall have the right to vote for officers and for Board members, stand for election to office, attend meetings of the Foundation, and may have such other rights and benefits of membership as the Board may from time to time determine.
Individuals designated as members under agency-organization memberships shall have the right to vote, stand for election to office, attend meetings of the Foundation, and may have such other rights and benefits of membership as the Board may from time to time determine.
Members are encouraged to join chapters near their places of employment or residence (provided, however, that in the case of foreign members where no chapter or electoral district exists, in accordance with procedures established by the Board from time to time, said foreign members may designate an electoral district in which they may cast a vote on any or all matters presented to the membership for a vote) and are entitled to membership in a primary chapter as part of their annual dues. Persons not wishing to belong to any chapter shall be Members At-Large. Persons wishing to join additional chapters may do so by paying the fee stipulated in the dues schedule.
Members may join sections for the annual dues amount established from time to time by the Board, in consultation with the sections. For purposes of determining members entitled to vote at a meeting of members, the Board may fix in advance a date to be the date for any such determination of members entitled to vote, and such date shall not be less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days preceding such meeting.
All individuals holding membership in the Foundation shall have the right to vote for officers and for Board members, stand for election to office, attend meetings of the Foundation, and may have such other rights and benefits of membership as the Board may from time to time determine.
Individuals designated as members under agency-organization memberships shall have the right to vote, stand for election to office, attend meetings of the Foundation, and may have such other rights and benefits of membership as the Board may from time to time determine.
Members are encouraged to join chapters near their places of employment or residence (provided, however, that in the case of foreign members where no chapter or electoral district exists, in accordance with procedures established by the Board from time to time, said foreign members may designate an electoral district in which they may cast a vote on any or all matters presented to the membership for a vote) and are entitled to membership in a primary chapter as part of their annual dues. Persons not wishing to belong to any chapter shall be Members At-Large. Persons wishing to join additional chapters may do so by paying the fee stipulated in the dues schedule.
Members may join sections for the annual dues amount established from time to time by the Board, in consultation with the sections. For purposes of determining members entitled to vote at a meeting of members, the Board may fix in advance a date to be the date for any such determination of members entitled to vote, and such date shall not be less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days preceding such meeting.
Meetings of the Membership Annual Meeting:
The annual meeting of members shall be held at a time and place designated by the Board.
Special Meeting:
The Presidents or the Board may call special meetings of the membership.
Notice:
Written notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting of members shall be delivered not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The Foundation encourages members of various chapters to work together to hold conferences at places and times to be determined by the respective conference planning committees. The Foundation also encourages chapters to work together to pursue projects with regional interests. All meetings of the membership shall be open to any member of the Foundation.
Ten percent (10%) of the members entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the convening meetings, annual conferences and the like. The act of a majority of the membership entitled to vote present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the membership. In the absence of a quorum, any action taken shall be recommendatory only, but may become valid action if subsequently confirmed by a majority vote, in conformity with the quorum requirements, by a mail ballot of the membership entitled to vote.
Termination or Denial of Membership
Membership shall terminate automatically without the necessity of any action by the Board whenever any member fails to pay dues when said dues are due and payable or when in its sole and absolute discretion the Board determines that any member appears to have acted in violation of the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws.
