Employed: Definition The term employed as applied as a criteria for holding designated offices means any of the following:
• Full-time employment. Employment for profit for an employer or independently, for full-time, according to the standards of the particular busines or profession.
• Part-time employment. Employment for profit either for an employer or independently for at least 50 percent of the time, according to the standards of the particular business or profession.
• Partner. One employed for compensation in business with a partner for mutual gain and who renders personal services; such partner shall be classified as being full-time or part-time employment according to the definitions above.( A“ passive partner” contributing only capital or having ownership interest only is not includible either within full-time or part-time employment.)
• Entrepreneur. One engaged in active management and personal services contributed to a profit-making enterprise.( Collection of income from one ʻs properties or investments without active management or personal services contributed thereto, or from retirement or pension funds, shall not be deemed employment for profit.)
Transferring Membership
A member whose annual dues have been paid in one local organization may transfer during the year to another established local organization. A local organization may not refuse to accept the transfer of a member in good standing.
A member whose annual dues have been paid may transfer to a new local organization which is being organized, provided the new local organization has at least five( 5) members and / or student members, twenty percent( 20 %) of whom must be employed, who have paid dues.
Transfers of membership must be completed on or before April 30 on state records in order to process the transfer before the end of the fiscal year.
If a member continues in one local organization throughout a year, but decides to join and pay dues in another local organization for the following year, such member is not considered a transfer but is recorded as a new member.
A member in a disbanded or dropped local organization may continue membership by transferring to an established local organization. The state organization will accept such transfer from a local that has been disbanded or dropped in the current or prior year. A member in a disbanded or dropped local organization who does not wish to transfer to another local organization will be maintained on the state membership rolls as a Member at Large in good standing. without additional dues required, until the next renewal date.
Procedures for Transfers
State dues will be collected only once during a year. A transferred member to another local organization will not be charged duplicate state dues. Payment of local organization dues will be determined by the local organization involved.
When a transfer of membership is to be made, the local organization into which the member is transferring must report it on a separate Member Transfer form, designating the member as a“ transfer” and giving the local organization from which the transfer is made. If the transferred member pays dues in the local organization the following year, the listing would then be changed to“ continuing member.”
If membership cards are used, a transferring member retains the current membership card indicating the transferout local organization until the transfer is completed on state records. The state organization would then issue a new membership card.
6 November 2009