| Section 1 |
All persons interested in agriculture education and meeting the qualifications of
one of the categories as explained in Sections B and C of this article shall be
eligible for membership.
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| Section 2 |
Membership in this Association shall be designated as active, associate, student,
and honorary.
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| Section 3 |
Each type of membership shall be defined as follows:
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| A. |
Active:
Active membership shall be defined as persons who are professional certified and
are employees in a agriculture education program at a secondary, post-secondary,
farm business and production management, and agribusiness levels; state staff
and teacher educational positions; and are members of affiliated associations.
Employment may be on a full or part-time basis.
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| B. |
Associate:
1 Individual: Associate individual membership shall include teacher
education staff, state supervisory staff, and others engaged in the program of
agriculture education who are not employed as teachers of agriculture education.
Retired teachers, supervisors, teacher educators, and others interested in
agriculture education shall be eligible for membership. Associate members may
serve in an advisory capacity to WAAE.
2 Organization: Associate organization membership includes those
agriculture, agribusiness, industry, civic, governmental, and other
organizations or firms who desire to be informed and/or support the agriculture
education instructors and/or agriculture education programs.
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| C. |
Student: Student membership in this organization shall be limited to
students preparing to become instructors in agriculture education programs or
furthering their education in graduate agricultural education programs.
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| D. |
Honorary: Honorary membership may be conferred by a 2/3 vote of the
Association at a regular meeting upon recommendation of the Executive Board.
Honorary membership does not include membership in affiliated organizations.
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| E. |
Life: Upon completing 35 years of WAAE membership, life membership is
automatically conferred. Other life memberships may be conferred by a 2/3
vote of the Executive Board.
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| Section 4 |
Active, associate and student membership shall automatically terminate upon
failure to pay dues.
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| Section 5 |
Affiliated organizations, as used in the terminology of membership, shall
mean those organizations, which WAAE includes in the payment of dues by
active members.
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| Section 6 |
Only active members who meet the provisions of the Bylaws shall be entitled
to hold office.
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