| 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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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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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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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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