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Section 7: STUDENT. Any high school or college student may become a student member of ACDA with the submission of an ACDA
membership form marked “student” and the payment of dues. Student members may attend ACDA conferences by
payment of the prescribed conference fee. Student memberships may be submitted by individual students or by the ACDA
sponsor-teacher for a student group. The student shall be a non-voting member, ineligible for office except to serve in a
state, region, or national student representative capacity or in a local student chapter. Students shall have online access to
association publications, resources, and communities. Students actively engaged as choral directors are eligible for active
membership in ACDA.

Section 8: RETIRED. ACDA members attaining retirement status may maintain membership in ACDA by payment of reduced an-
nual dues. Privileges accorded retired members will be the same as those for active members.

Section 9: INTERNATIONAL. Any person living outside the United States or Canada, who is engaged as a part-time or full-time choral
director, or who is responsible for the administration of a choral program, is eligible for International membership.
An International member is entitled upon compliance with registration requirements, admission to all meetings and
conferences, the right to vote, and the ability to be appointed to serve on a committee. International members shall have
access to online association publications, resources, and communities. Upon receipt of a completed ACDA membership
form and payment of the annual membership dues, the candidate for International membership shall be accepted for
a term of one year from the date of acceptance. Membership shall be continued each succeeding year on receipt of
membership dues prior to or during the month designated for membership renewal. Failure to remit annual payment
during the membership renewal period shall result in discontinuation of membership. International membership shall
be renewed on receipt of the current annual dues.

Section 10: Membership classification, requirements, and procedures of Affiliate Associations shall not differ from those of ACDA
which are specified under Section 1 through Section 9 of this Article, except that the Executive Committee may make
adjustments as desirable and necessary for previously established choral directors associations.

Article II. Dues

Section 1: The National Board shall set the amount of dues to be paid for all categories of membership and the amount of all other
fees.

Section 2: Each Affiliate Association or Subordinate Chapter Association may charge dues for its purposes in addition to those of ACDA
with the following qualifications: approval of the ACDA National Board must be obtained for the adoption of dues, for the
amount to be charged, and for the fiscal procedures to be used in billing and collecting.

Article III. Administrative and Fiscal Year

Section 1: The administrative and fiscal year shall be from July 1 through June 30, or such other period as may be determined by
the National Board.

Article IV. Membership Year

Section 1: Membership dues shall be for one year from the date of acceptance of said dues.

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