Constitution
Article 5: SUBSCRIPTION
- Each constituent member shall pay an annual subscription in advance for the ensuing calendar year. Subscription shall become due by January thirty-first of every year. All subscriptions shall be paid to the Honorary Treasurer.
- The subscription shall be determined by a simple majority of the delegates present at a Conference, where the said item has been placed on the agenda.
- Any member who fails to remit their subscription, including all outstanding arrears, by the due date shall forfeit their voting privileges for the ensuing year.
- A member who has resigned shall have their voting privileges restored after re-application and acceptance of their membership, and when all subscriptions, arrears and subscriptions that would have otherwise been due from the date of resignation are paid in full.
- For verification purposes a constituent member, upon request by the Secretary, shall provide the Executive Council with its most recent financial statement and/or list of membership.
- The subscription shall be assessed in five tiers. A base shall be first determined.
- A constituent member comprising less than twenty-five members subscribing in their respective organization shall pay one-half of the base subscription.
- A constituent member with twenty-five to one hundred members subscribing in their respective organization shall pay the base subscription.
- A constituent member with one hundred-and-one to four hundred members subscribing in their respective organization shall pay twice the subscription base.
- A constituent member with four hundred-and-one to seven hundred members subscribing in their respective organization shall pay thrice the subscription base.
- A constituent member with over seven hundred members subscribing in their respective organization shall pay four times the subscription base.