MEMBERSHIP

When it opens you can fill it out on-line and then print it so it can be mailed to the Treasurer with your dues.

KAEOPP Membership is open to any person who works in a TRIO program. Membership fees are $30 a year and are due by October 1 of each year. KAEOPP membership is required to become a SAEOPP member.

The following is from the KAEOPP Constitution:

ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

Membership in KAEOPP shall be of four types: Professional, Associate, Affiliate, and Lifetime.

                   (1) Professional membership in KAEOPP shall be limited to those persons, including instructional staff, actively engaged in the administration or general operation of TRIO programs located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
                   Persons qualifying for Professional Membership should spend a significant and continuing portion of their professional appointments involved in the concern of the disadvantaged student. Each professional member is entitled to one vote and is eligible to hold office as delineated in ARTICLE IV of this constitution,
                   (2) Associate membership is generally available to clerical, and support personnel working in TRIO programs located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Associate members are entitled to register for the annual conference at no charge, but are not entitled to hold office or vote.
                   (3) Affiliate membership is available to other TRIO professionals or persons who do not qualify for Professional Membership under the provisions of ARTICLE 111, SECTION 1. Affiliate members must pay conference registration fee, and are not entitled to hold office or vote.
                   (4) Lifetime membership is conferred by action of the Executive Board of KAEOPP. Lifetime members are entitled to attend any organization function free of charge, are entitled to vote, but are not entitled to hold office.
                   (5 Membership dues will be required annually of all Professional, Associate, and Affiliate members.
                   (a) Membership dues shall cover expenses approved by the Executive Board.
                   (b) The membership dues are set by the recommendation of the Executive Board and approved by a two-thirds majority of the membership present at any business meeting or by mail ballot of the total membership. Notification of the recommendation to change the membership dues must be given to the full membership a minimum of ten (IO) days prior to the vote.
                   (c) The membership year for KAEOPP shall be October I - September 30.
                   (e) There shall be no proration of membership dues.

Last Updated 07-08-2005