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| 72-033 | Life Membership | 4-10-53 |
No credit will be allowed for past contributions to the
Society on Life Membership unless it was specifically designated
that the contribution was to be toward a Life Membership at the
time it was made.
| 72-092 | Promotion | 6-9-60 |
In order to encourage new members, the following program will
be undertaken: (1) Increase visual aid program.
(2) Endorse and excite interest in more field trips and
expeditions on Grotto, Regional, and National levels.
(3) Arouse more interest among commercial cave owners.
(4) Don't be too restrictive in discouraging new members
from applying. (5) Encourage more libraries to subscribe to
NSS publications. (6) Improve schedules of publications.
(7) Promote better public relations by accomplishments
rather than exhibitionism. (8) Improve photo salon. Provide
means for commercial distribution to worthwhile sources.
(9) Encourage scientific membership by distribution of
occasional papers and similar publications. (10) Acquire a
film library of Society owned copies.
| 72-124 | Member Without Journal | 6-23-97, 6-17-64 |
The creation of Member-Without-Journal membership class is not
recommended. Membership is more than a magazine subscription. It
is a financial share in supporting the Society and its shared
goals which includes the encouragement of speleological research
and the publication of a Journal and the Journal is a service to
the members.
| 72-230 | AAAS | 12-4-71 |
The AAAS has permission to use the NSS membership list for
sending information to NSS members, provided that such use be
specifically approved by the President of the NSS.
| 72-239 | Recruitment | 8-16-74, 8-18-72 |
The NSS encourages the active recruitment of new members from
among the non-NSS-affiliated caving public by its Membership
Committee and Internal Organizations, subject to the following
constraints: (a) Membership recruitment practices shall at
all times be consistent with the Society's policies on cave
conservation and caving safety, and (b) Membership
recruitment practices which tend primarily to glorify and create
interest in caving as a sport shall be avoided.
| 72-352 | Membership Drive | 3-15-80, 8-10-79, 6-23-78 |
In order to improve our financial position, improve membership
services and publications, and increase support for research and
conservation, it is the goal of the NSS to increase its
membership as rapidly as possible by all means consistent with
the goals of the Society. The effort to increase membership shall
be directed primarily to persons that are already involved in
some activity relevant to speleology.
| 72-492 | Lapel Pin | 3-18-00, 3-16-96, 4-4-92 |
The National Speleological Society will prepare a special
lapel pin to be distributed free to members of the Society who
have been members for 25, 35, or 50 years.
| 72-583 | Electronic Membership Application | 11-2-96 |
A facsimile of the NSS Membership Application shall appear
within the NSS Homepage. An applicant may apply for NSS
membership, using the Facsimile, provided the applicant indicates
support for NSS goals and The NSS Cave Conservation Policy and
supplies valid credit card data.
| 72-757 | NSS Membership Strategies | 3-5-05 |
Strategies to promote and advertise NSS membership by any
committee or the NSS in non-caving publications must be approved
by the Board of Governors before implementation. The NSS
reaffirms its commitment to follow Act 72-239.
| 72-766 | Membership Goal | 11-5-05 |
Society
has a goal of increasing the membership of the Society to 14,000
by the end of 2008. It is our intent to increase the membership
among those already caving.
41-038 Scope of Affiliation
64-177 NSS Membership
64-356 Membership Goals
4-6-05
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