Michael Late Benedum Chapter

Annual chapter membership dues are $75.00 which is quite reasonable considering the potential value of our organization.  Application for membership in the Michael Late Benedum Chapter is now an Online Process and can be accessed at the link below.  You will be prompted to enter your contact information, select your sponsoring member, and to make payment online.  An e-mail will be sent to your sponsoring member asking them to verify by clicking a link.  Once sponsorship is verified the application will go into a "pending" status, your name will be read at the next regular meeting and your name will be published in our monthly newsletter.  Once the 30-day waiting period concludes, barring any objections, your membership will become active and you will receive a welcome e-mail from the website with logon instructions.  Join Now!

For those who wish to reinstate a membership that has lapsed, please click on the link and complete the Membership Reinstatement Form.

Membership in this Chapter shall be in the following Classifications:

A. Active
B. Associate
C. Student
D. Senior
E. Honorary

A. Active 
Active membership in the Association shall be defined in accordance with the guidelines set forth for members in good standing of the AAPL.
 
B. Associate 
Associate membership shall be available to land professionals regularly engaged in land work relating to the mineral industry who are not members of the AAPL and to persons regularly engaged with the mineral industry in a field closely related to professional land work and interested in furthering the purposes of the Association.
 
C. Student
Student membership is available to individuals enrolled in any degree program at an accredited university or college. Student members must agree to abide by AAPL’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.  Student members have access to full membership benefits, but are not eligible to vote in Association affairs or sign as a sponsor for membership applicants. 

D. Senior 
Senior membership status may be conferred by the Executive Committee to the following:

Members of the Association who are at least sixty (60) years old, have been an Active member of the Association in good standing for five (5) consecutive years preceding such application, and have rendered outstanding service to the Association.
 
An Active member may make application for Senior membership by sending a letter to the President of the Association.  The letter should set forth the reasons for making such application, including a confirmation by the applicant that he/she is 60 years of age and that the applicant has been a member in good standing for the past five years.  The President shall cause a vote to be taken at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee to determine whether or not the Senior membership shall be granted to the applicant.  The applicant will be notified of the Executive Committee's decision by letter from the President within thirty (30) days of such meeting.
 
Active or Associate status of Senior members shall be dependent upon their status with the AAPL in any given  membership year.
 
E. Honorary 
Honorary membership status may be conferred by the Executive Committee to persons who have rendered outstanding service or contribution to the mineral industry or the Association.
 
Active or Associate status of Honorary members shall be dependent upon their status with the AAPL in any given membership year.
 
Membership Privileges. 
All members, unless otherwise stated herein, shall be entitled to vote, and enjoy all other privileges and responsibilities of membership relating solely to the Association. Only Active members may hold office or serve as Committee Chairpersons and vote on matters that relate to the relationship between the Association and the AAPL.  A majority vote of the Executive Committee shall be required to permit a non-Active member to serve as a Committee Chairperson.
 
Amendments to Membership Classifications 
The membership requirements, privileges, and duties of all classes of membership including, but not limited to Active Members and Associate Members, which are specifically set forth in these By-laws may be modified only by an amendment to these By-laws as provided in Article XV. All other classifications of membership in the AAPL and the membership requirements, privileges, duties, and obligations attached to each classification shall be established or may be modified by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of those officers and directors present and voting at a regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting.
 
Membership Approval Process 
Application for membership in the Association shall be subject to the approval by a majority vote of the Executive Committee at a regularly scheduled meeting and shall require the signed approval by the acting President of the Executive Committee, as evidence of the Committee’s approval.
 
Notice of the approved application(s) of all potential Association member(s) shall be printed in the next regularly scheduled publication of the Association. Members shall have the opportunity for a period of thirty (30) days following the publication to object to the potential member’s application.
 
Such objections to membership approval may be submitted to any member of the Executive Committee and shall be in writing. The Executive Committee shall take any such objection under consideration in the next regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting. A decision regarding the objection shall be made after consideration and by a majority vote at such meeting. The Executive Committee shall notify the applicant in writing of rejection.
 
The names of any and all newly approved members shall be added to the membership roll after the thirty (30) day period.