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Section VI: Membership Categories
A member shall be enrolled upon first payment of dues and shall receive benefits during the period for which dues have been paid. All dues shall be payable in advance. Changes in membership dues shall be determined at the annual membership meeting of the Society.
A. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
Full Membership is open to those who are or have been engaged in the custody or control of records, archives, or private papers, or who wish to support the objectives of the Society.
Privileges and benefits:
- Eligible to hold office in the Society; to serve on appointed groups; and to vote for officers, members of Council, and members of the Nominating Committee, and on all matters requiring a vote which come before the Society as a whole;
- Receives the American Archivist; Archival Outlook; the Annual Meeting Preliminary Program; and other mailings;
- Receives password access to the online membership directory;
- Receives full member discounts on publications sold by SAA;
- Receives full member discounts on event registration for the Annual Meeting and SAA-sponsored continuing education programs;
- Receives individual member discount on job vacancy announcements placed in Archival Outlook and posted in SAA's Online Employment Bulletin;
- May join up to two SAA Sections at no additional fee;
- May join an unlimited number of SAA Roundtables.
Associate membership is open to those who wish to support the objectives of SAA. Associate members receive all of the benefits of full membership but may not vote, hold office, or serve on appointed groups.
- Domestic associate membership is for individuals residing in the United States and is limited to those who are not professionally responsible for custody or control of records, archives, or private papers and who are not engaged in the study or teaching of archives;
- International associate membership is for individuals living outside the United States whose primary allegiance is to their own national archival association.
Student membership is open for a two-year period to individuals in degree-conferring programs. Student members receive all of the benefits of full membership.
Bridge membership is a one-time benefit for full members who are unemployed. Not applicable to new members.
B. INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Institutional membership is open to organizations or agencies that are responsible for or substantially interested in the custody, study, teaching, control, or use of records, archives, and/or private papers.
Member institutions may designate a primary contact who is or has been engaged in the custody or control of records, archives, or private papers at the institution, or who wishes to support the objectives of the Society. This individual receives the following benefits on behalf of the institution.
- Eligible to hold office in the Society; serve on appointed groups; and vote for officers, members of Council, and members of the Nominating Committee, and on all matters requiring a vote which come before the Society as a whole;
- Receives copies of the American Archivist; Archival Outlook; the Annual Meeting Preliminary Program; and other mailings;
- Receives password access to the online membership directory;
- Receives full member discounts on publications sold by SAA;
- Receives full member discounts on event registration for the Annual Meeting and SAA-sponsored continuing education programs;
- May join up to two SAA Sections at no additional fee;
- May join an unlimited number of SAA Roundtables
There are two levels of institutional membership:
1. "Regular" institutional members receive:
- One copy of the American Archivist (mailed to the primary contact, if designated);
- One copy of Archival Outlook (mailed to the primary contact, if designated);
- Institutional member discount on job vacancy announcements placed in Archival Outlook and posted in SAA's Online Employment Bulletin;
- Discounts for employees of the institution on books published by SAA, on event registration for SAA's Annual Meeting, and for SAA-sponsored continuing education programs.
2. "Sustaining" institutional members receive:
- Two copies of the American Archivist (mailed to the primary contact, if designated);
- Two copies of Archival Outlook (mailed to the primary contact, if designated), delivered via first-class mail to recipients in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; delivered via air mail to all other countries;
- One complimentary copy of every SAA book published during the year of membership (mailed to the primary contact, if designated);
- Institutional member discount on job vacancy announcements placed in Archival Outlook and posted in SAA's Online Employment Bulletin;
- Discounts for employees of the institution on books published by SAA, on event registration for SAA's Annual Meeting, and for SAA-sponsored continuing education programs.
C. HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Honorary Membership may be extended to any person chosen by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the Council in recognition of eminent distinction in any of the fields of the Society's objectives. Honorary membership shall be for life, and honorary members shall not be required to pay dues or other assessments; they shall have all the privileges of full membership and shall receive publications of the Society. The honorary members shall not exceed five at any one time.
Approved by the SAA Council: August 2006
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