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Categories of
Membership
The Society has six classes of
members. The designation of such classes and the
qualifications and rights of the members of such classes are
as follows:
- Active Membership. Open
to professional women employed in higher education who
are concerned with perpetuating and promoting quality
programs in human movement (sport, dance and exercise)
and who support the goals and purposes of Western
Society, provided that they are affiliated with
institutions within the following geographical area: the
states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington,
and the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and
Saskatchewan, Canada. Active
members are entitled to all the privileges of this
Society including those of holding office, serving as
Chairs of standing committees, voting, attending
conferences and receiving publications of the
Society.
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- Associate Membership.
Open to former members of Western Society who have
temporarily or permanently left employment in higher
education and choose to continue their support of the
goals and purposes of Western Society. Associate members
are entitled to all the privileges of active
membership.
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- Allied Membership. Open
to women who have completed an advanced degree who
support the goals and purposes of Western Society within
the geographical area served by the organization. Allied
members are entitled to all the privileges of active
membership except those of holding office and serving as
Chairs of standing committees.
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- Temporary Membership.
Open to graduate students, teaching assistants, graduate
assistants, research assistants and international
visitors. These members are entitled to all the
privileges of active membership except those of voting,
holding office and serving as Chairs of standing
committees. Reciprocity memberships shall be extended to
members of other districts temporarily residing within
the geographical confines of WSPECW.
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- Emerita Membership. If a
member retires from the institution with which she has
been affiliated (according to the rules and regulations
of that institution) and at the time of retirement has
been a member of this Society for at least eight of the
ten years immediately prior to the retirement, she is
eligible for emeritae membership and such a membership
shall be extended to her upon notification of retirement
and shall continue indefinitely. Emeritae members are
entitled to all the privileges of active
membership.
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- Honorary Membership.
Women who have been members of the Society for a period
of at least eight of the ten years immediately prior to
retirement (as defined by the institution with which they
have been affiliated) from teaching or administration
within the province of human movement primarily concerned
with sport, dance or exercise who have given outstanding
service to the Society may be invited to become Honorary
Members. Honorary Membership shall be awarded by the
Executive Board upon recommendation of the Honorary
Membership Committee. Women who have been so honored are
entitled to all of the privileges of active
membership.
Admission to Membership
Women eligible for active,
associate, allied, or temporary membership shall be deemed
admitted to such membership upon payment of the first annual
dues. Women eligible for emeritae membership shall be
admitted to membership upon request to the Treasurer.
Honorary members shall be admitted to membership upon their
election by the Executive Board.
Application for
Membership
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