Domain 3 | Membership Development

Question 1

Dues Base

Answer 1

The units or entities on which dues are measured, e.g. units of equipment, sales volume, flat rate.

Question 2

Dues Structure

Answer 2

The entire dues framework, including the dues base, dues rate, and the way, in which members determine their specific amount of dues owed to the association.

Question 3

Dues Rate

Answer 3

The specific amount of money assessed; can be by brackets, on a sliding scale, as a percentage,or fixed or flat.

Question 4

Common Bases for Dues

Answer 4

Sales, income, profits, assets, number of employees or members, payroll, number of staff hours, units of production, units of equipment, plants or business establishments, flat rate, voluntary dues, or a combination of these.

Question 5

Annual Dues Rate Change

Answer 5

Calculating the dues rate every year; often tied to an economic indicator, such as the CPI.

Question 6

International Association

Answer 6

A significant portion of the membership is based outside on region, or members are headquartered in one region with significant interests in other regions.

Question 7

Global Association

Answer 7

Direct membership is spread over two or more regions of the world, more or less equally, and no one country holds a board majority.

Question 8

(International) Cross-Border Collaboration

Answer 8

Know your market and give them what they want.
_Global Localization: identify the individuality in any given place.
_Identify Market Needs: work with people in the given market to discover those needs; tailor services to international markets.

Question 9

Globalization Strategy of Engagement

Answer 9

Typically region-specific, it includes the following elements:

• establish international chapters
• create cooperative partners with other international organizations to fulfill operational needs in foreign countries.
• secure localized access, getting close to local markets with seminars, major meetings held regionally, and localized customer service (regional hub for localized service center.)

Question 10

International vs Multinational Meetings

Answer 10

_An international meeting may simply be a meeting held in a foreign country. Issues to consider: currency exchange, visas, border passage, prohibitions on exhibitor and association goods crossing international borders, and security.
_A multinational meeting implies integrating multicultural and multinational participation across all facets of the event, including attendees, speakers, exhibitors, sponsorships, and advertisers that represent the range of countries where the association is active. Such a meeting could be held in the United States but not be U.S.-centric.

Question 11

Parity and Transfer of Money (International)

Answer 11

Currency exchange and parity are key concerns when offering international services. The financial implications of international delivery of service may require the association to open an overseas bank account to handle international member payments for dues and other financial transactions. Or it could contract with a foreign currency exchange firm to process international wire transfers, handle forward contracts, and make foreign currency payments.

Question 12

(International) Strategic Alliances

Answer 12

_A strategic alliance involves a commitment to continue, for a contractually states period of time, shared or transferred decision-making power and a formal agreement.
_Two areas most likely to be handled through a strategic alliance are administrative consolidation (contracting for, exchanging, or sharing services) and joint programming (single or multifocus programs, and integrated systems.)
_There is no change to the corporate structure of any of the organizations involved.
_Strategic alliances are highly recommended to assist the organization in creating efficiencies, outreach, and program or geographic expansion.
_Strategic alliances serve as an effective forerunner to corporate integration (a merger).

Question 13

Membership Categories

Answer 13

Defined by their relationship to regular members; such categories are found in the bylaws.

Question 14

Membership Classes

Answer 14

A member designation for which certain privileges are available; typical designations are regular, associate, life and honorary, etc.

Question 15

Membership Sections

Answer 15

_A group of members focused on a specific interest within the profession, e.g., the finance section.
_A section may hold its own education sessions and provide services focused on the special interest.

Question 16

Valid Reasons for Membership Expulsion

Answer 16

1. Willful violation of code of ethics
2. For cause, upon two-thirds vote by the board
3. Failure to pay dues
4. No longer meets the bylaws definition of membership
5. Withdrawal from industry/profession
6. Loss of required government licensing
   _An association must establish reasonable standards and fair procedures for expulsion.

Question 17

Restrictions NOT Permitted in Membership

Answer 17

• Blocking or blackballing prospective members
• Limiting membership (e.g., only one member per area)
• Creating a geographic boundary limiting where members can serve
• Granting the right to be an exclusive member in an operating area
• Restricting membership to doing business at a certain location, hours, etc.
• Arbitrarily eliminating prospects where only members have privileges (Assn Law Handbook, 5th ed., p.308)
• Requiring members to retain certain amounts of stock in a trade.

Question 18

Reasonable Restrictions for Membership

Answer 18

_Membership eligibility should not be so narrow as to be exclusionary or so broad as to be too inclusive.
_Restrictions may include:
*Being engaged in the same kind of trade or professions
*Being engaged at a particular functional level
*Engaged in a trade or business within a recognized geographic boundary
*Being willing to adhere to a reasonable code of ethics
*Paying dues promptly

Question 19

Reasonable Qualifications of Membership

Answer 19

• Minimum size in terms of sales, employees, production, etc.
• Minimum percentage amounts of total business must be in profession
• Requisite educational background or achievement
• Membership only available to those belonging to another specified organization

Question 20

Dues Sliding Scale

Answer 20

Dues rates decrease as the base increases.

Question 21

Due Process for Member Expulsion (the denial or a right, privilege or property) to ensure fairness and objectivity.

Answer 21

A member cannot be expelled without first receiving:

• Notice of intention to proceed against him
• A recital of the charges or accusation
• Notice of fair and impartial hearing
• An opportunity to examine evidence and cross-examine witnesses
• An opportunity to refute all charges in person or in writing
• The right to counsel and a hearing before an unbiased tribunal.