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MEMBERSHIP

Within the Fellowship, there are five categories of membership:

  1. Auditors: Members who, because of their interest in goals A, E, F, and/or G, are admitted to the Fellowship for a period of one year and participate in these activities. Membership will be renewable each year upon request, on the condition that the request be approved by the Council and satisfaction of all membership requirements in the Fellowship. Any person, including those participating in activities directed by the Fellowship, may propose their candidature. New members are admitted as being either definitive or as temporary, according to the determination of the Council, for a fixed period of time as referenced in the bylaws of the Fellowship. Auditors who are admitted definitively participate in the General Assembly, and elect from among their membership a representative to the Council of the Fellowship.

  2. Probationers: Any Auditor may propose her or his own candidature as a Probationer. Candidacy must be made directly to the President of the Fellowship. New Probationers are admitted as being either definitive or as temporary, according to the determination of the Council and satisfaction of all conditions of membership, for a fixed period of time as referenced in the bylaws of the Fellowship. Probationers participate in the activities of the Fellowship as outlined in the first goal, and, under the direction of one of the Fellowship's Seekers, assist in the organization and realization of any number of the goals and activities of the Fellowhip. More specifically, a specific task may be assigned from among the list of stated goals of the Fellowship. Probationers who are admitted definitively participate in the General Assembly, and elect from among their membership a representative to the Council of the Fellowship.

  3. Seekers: Seekers are in part considered as founding members of the Fellowship and in part those who, obligatorily and exclusively, come from the academy of Probationers and, for their particular interest and service to the Fellowship. Candidacy must be submitted directly to the President of the Fellowship. New Seekers are admitted as being either definitive or as temporary, according to the determination of the Council and satisfaction of all conditions of membership, for a fixed period of time as referenced in the bylaws of the Fellowship. Seekers define and direct the activities of the Fellowship as outlined in the goals, each being responsible for one or several of the activities and serving as the director of the team which will realize the activity.

  4. Honorary Members: This particular distinction will be discerned by the Council and awarded to moral persons who have been of service to or been determined to be capable of rendering eminent services to the Fellowship. Honorary Members are not required to render tithes of membership. These members may, in their particular qualities, be invited to participate in the General Assembly or any other activity of the Fellowship, but are not eligible to participate on the Council, nor are they accorded voting privileges.

  5. Benefactors: Members may be considered Benefactors by means of a fixed annual donation as suggested by the Council for the benefit of the Fellowship. These members may, in the particular qualities, be invited to participate in the General Assembly or any other activity of the Fellowship, but are not eligible to participate on the Council, nor are they accorded voting privileges.

The conditions under which an individual may lose their membership in the Fellowship are outlined in thy bylaws of the Fellowship. Most notably, would be via a violation of goal H.


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