Membership/basics Updates

October 11, 2014

Greenville, south Carolina Link Tamara Young Lee

Southern Area Vice Director

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MEMBERSHIP MANUAL

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•  Active Members

•  Leave of Absence Members

•  Alumna Membership

•  Affiliate Membership

•  Provisory Membership

•  Honorary Membership

•  Platinum Membership

•  An active member is a member in good standing who

has met all the obligations of her Chapter, Area and the National Assembly.

The responsibilities for maintaining active membership include:

–  Payment of dues, Chapter and National –  Payment of assessments –  Participation in Chapter activities and programs –  Attendance requirements met as determined by the

Chapter –  Minimum service requirements met (i.e. 48 hours per year) –  Attendance requirements met for National and Area

meetings (one-in-five years) –  Other requirements levied by the Chapter, Area and

National Assembly –  Not under disciplinary action

•  All active members are required to serve

a minimum of 48 hours per year (May 1 thru April 30) through service sanctioned by and part of her respective chapter’s programmatic thrust.

•  Examples of ways to accumulate hours: •  Chapter meetings •  Chapter activities •  Area meetings (as designated by the Area

Director •  National Meetings (as designated by National

•  Service hours can be recorded on the Service Hours Record

Keeping chart located in the 2012 Membership Manual. The chart can be altered to your needs.

•  Membership chair and committee will be in charge of: •  Maintaining a monthly log for each member •  Contacting members not in compliance with chapter

attendance requirements •  Completing in the annual record for each member

•  Failure to meet the 48 hour requirement will result in membership forfeiture

•  With the exception of Provisory, Alumna, and Platinum members, active members are required to attend and participate in a minimum of one National Assembly or one Area Conference in her area once in every five year period (1 and 5).

•  Current five year period is 2013-2017

•  A member who is inducted with only one or two years remaining in her initial 5 year period will have until the end of the next 5 year period to attend a National Assembly or Area Conference

•  A member who is inducted with 3 or more years remaining in her initial 5 year period must attend a National Assembly or Area Conference within that period.

•  Next Area Conference is in Birmingham, Alabama in May and the next National Assembly is in Las Vegas in 2016.

•  Members must participate in their chapter’s meetings based upon the requirements of the Chapter as per their respective bylaws

•  Members who fail to meet the requirements of her chapter will be notified by letter (Letter example in the Membership Manual)

•  Failure to meet meeting requirements will result in membership forfeiture.

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MEMBER SHIP TRAINSITIONS

•  The Membership Transitions section has Transfer Conditions and Process which includes “Transfer Eligibility” and “Transfer Process” and the Reinstatement Policy which details the “Reinstatement Process” and includes a “Reinstatement Checklist”.

•  An active Link who is financially current and in

good standing and moves her home address outside of the boundaries of her current Chapter to within the boundaries of another Chapter and/or at least 50 miles from her current Chapter; may request a transfer to another Chapter between May 1st and December 1st.

•  To initiate the process she must complete the transfer within six (6) months of her last attended meeting of her current Chapter.

•  For the sake of clarity her current Chapter, which she transfers from, will be referred to as the “Sending Chapter”. The Chapter to which she is transferring will be referred to as the “Receiving Chapter”.

•  The Manual of Procedures for The Links, Incorporated, specifically provides that “A former member shall at no time become a member of The Links, Incorporated except through the [reinstatement] process . . .”, Manual of Procedures, Article I, Membership Reinstatement Process.

•  A former Links member who resigns in

good standing or who forfeited membership (for non-payment of dues, assessments or failure to fulfill the attendance, service hour, or One (1)-in-Five (5) requirement) may apply for reinstatement based on her status at resignation and whether less than or greater than two years as follows:

•  A former member who resigned in good standing and applies for

reinstatement within two (2) years of her resignation shall be reinstated upon application and majority ballot vote of the Chapter members present and voting. She shall pay current National and Chapter dues and assessments and reinstatement fee in an amount determined by the National Finance Committee and approved by the National Assembly.

•  A former member who forfeited her membership for non-payment of dues and applies for reinstatement within two (2) years of her forfeiture, shall be reinstated upon application, payment of all current Chapter and National dues and assessments, payment of all current Chapter and National dues and assessments, payment of all National and Chapter dues and assessments owed at the time of her forfeiture, and majority ballot vote of the Chapter members present and voting. She shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount determined by the National Finance Committee and approved by the National Assembly.

•  A former member who resigned in good standing and applies for

reinstatement more than two (2) years after her resignation shall be reinstated upon application, a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative ballot vote of the Chapter members present and voting, and payment of current National and Chapter dues and assessments. She shall be inducted as in the process for a new member. She shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount determined by the National Finance Committee and approved by the National Assembly.

•  A former member who forfeited her membership for non-payment of dues and applies for reinstatement more than two ye(2) years after her forfeiture, shall be reinstated upon application, payment of all current Chapter and National dues and assessments, payments of all National and Chapter dues and assessments owed at the time of her forfeiture, and a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative ballot vote of the Chapter members present and voting. She shall be inducted a in the process for a new member. She shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount determined by the National Finance Committee and approved by the National Assembly.

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•  All current and new members must pay a $600 Building Assessment contribution to The Links, Foundation, Inc.

•  Members have three years to pay the assessment from the applicable date

•  Failure to pay the fee will result in

membership forfeiture

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•  Responsibilities following induction into the Links, Inc. include:

•  Knowledge about documentation including the Constitution & Bylaws, Membership Manual, Manual of Procedures, Protocol Manual, etc. and where to locate them (linksinc.org)

•  Work with a mentor to become acclimated with responsibilities/requirements for membership

•  The Membership Acknowledgement Form must be completed by every newly inducted member.

•  Submission/Completion Instructions •  Acknowledgement of:

•  Primary Address •  48 hour Service Requirement •  Chapter Meeting Attendance Requirement •  Code of Ethics •  1-5 Requirement (during current 2013-2017 period)

•  Building Assessment Fee

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