Existing:
Section 2 Membership Categories
Categories of membership in the Society shall be Regular, Junior, Senior, Household, and Honorary.
- Regular memberships shall be for persons age 18 or older at the start of the fiscal year.
- Junior memberships shall be for persons age 17 or younger at the start of the fiscal year.
- Senior memberships shall be for persons age 65 or older at the start of the fiscal year who have elected to be categorized as Senior members.
- Household memberships shall be for two or more persons residing in the same household.
- Honorary members may be of any age. The General Assembly may at any time confer honorary membership on any person.
Proposed:
Section 2 Membership Categories
Categories of membership in the Society shall be Regular, Junior, Senior, Household, Student, and Honorary.
- Regular memberships shall be for persons age 18 or older at the start of the fiscal year.
- Junior memberships shall be for persons age 17 or younger at the start of the fiscal year.
- Senior memberships shall be for persons age 65 or older at the start of the fiscal year who have elected to be categorized as Senior members.
- Household memberships shall be for two or more persons residing in the same household.
- Student memberships shall be for persons who are full-time students age 18 or older at the start of the fiscal year.
- Honorary members may be of any age. The General Assembly may at any time confer honorary membership on any person.
Existing:
Section 3 Membership Dues
- Annual dues for each Regular membership shall be $25.
- Annual dues for each Junior and Senior membership shall be $15.
- Annual dues for each Household membership shall be $40.
- Honorary members are not charged dues.
- New members joining more than halfway through the fiscal year may, at their discretion, pay a reduced amount of $25 for each Household membership, $15 for each Regular membership, or $10 for each Junior and Senior membership as dues for that fiscal year.
- The dues may be changed at any time by a majority vote of the General Assembly and shall not require the invoking of Article XIII of these Bylaws.
Proposed:
Section 3 Membership Dues
- Annual dues for each Regular membership shall be $25.
- Annual dues for each Junior and Senior membership shall be $15.
- Annual dues for each Household membership shall be $40.
- Annual dues for each Student membership shall be $15.
- Honorary members are not charged dues.
- New members may at the discretion of the Executive Committee pay a reduced amount as dues for the fiscal year in which they become members.
- The dues may be changed at any time by a majority vote of the General Assembly and shall not require the invoking of Article XIII of these Bylaws.