16. Membership term, year, dues and status  Policy Home

a.    Membership term for Organization Members and Household Members is perpetual, ending only per termination as described in Termination of Membership.

b.    The term of membership by a Household Delegate as a voting member begins upon election by the Household Representatives in the manner prescribed by the board and automatically ends upon the call for new Household Delegate elections by the Board or upon disqualification/inability of the Household Delegate to perform the Household Delegate’s duties. 

c.    The membership year for Organizational Members and Household Members shall be an annual period with anniversary date as determined by the Board for one, several or an entire class of membership.

d.    Organization Members and Household Members may have a status of Active or Inactive with rights, privileges and benefits for said status as determined by the Board on an individual basis or for one or more members at the discretion of the Board.

e.    Members shall be notified in writing of the membership dues at any time payable by them and, if any are not paid within a prescribed period set by the Board, the member will be deemed to be in a status of Inactive until such time as the dues for the current membership year are paid or the Board, at its sole discretion, designates the status for the member to be Active.