The qualifications for honorary membership
are set forth in Article I, Section 4, of the By-Laws and
Exempts Payment of National and State Dues.
An Honorary Member shall be a person of acknowledged eminence
in one or more fields of activity within the scope of the
stated objectives of the Association. Candidates may
be nominated by the Awards Committee,
but can be elected only by favorable secret ballot of the
Executive Committee. One negative vote would exclude.
No election to Honorary Membership shall be made which
would cause the total number of living Honorary Members
to exceed
a ratio of one to every fifty active members. Not more
than one Honorary Member shall
be elected in any one administrative year.
The Awards Committee, when deemed appropriate, may recommend
a present or past recipient of this state award for nomination
to the National Honorary Membership Award. Actual nomination
to the National award shall
require a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee and
a favorable vote of the membership at the annual state
meeting.
Honorary Members shall be elected for life, pay no Association
or Federation dues and shall receive all the publications
of the Association and Federation for regular membership
at no cost to the awardee.
The award shall consist of payment of all state and national dues by the
Association and a mounted or framed certificate.
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on this award.
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