a. FULL MEMBERSHIP.
Full membership shall be confined to all serving UW,
Sonar and Mine Warfare Warrant Officers and Senior Ratings and retired
Torpedo and Anti Submarine Instructors, Sonar and Mine Warfare Warrant
Officers and Senior Ratings. Full
members shall have voting rights within the Association.
b. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP.
Associate membership shall be open to the members
of affiliated Instructor Associations.
It may also be bestowed upon serving and ex-serving Officers on
application to the Secretary. Associate
members shall not be entitled to hold office within the Association, nor
vote upon any issue or in any election concerning the association.
c.
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP.
Honorary Membership may be bestowed on any person who has benefited the Association by
their services or support. Candidature for Honorary Membership will be proposed and
seconded by two full members having a majority vote at an Annual General Meeting.
d.
Widows or partners of former
members of the association may become honorary members on
application to the secretary of the association.
e.
Honorary membership shall be for life, but maybe
withdrawn, if in the opinion of a full member their continuance of Honorary Membership
will be to the detriment and good conduct of the Association agreed upon at an Annual
General meeting. Honorary Membership will be withdrawn by notification in writing.
Honorary Members shall pay no annual subscription, nor
shall they vote upon any issue or in any election concerning the Association.