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To be eligible for membership in the DAMA Central
Virginia Chapter, an individual shall have an active interest in data
management concepts, products or technology, either as a user or a potential
user. All memberships are subject to acceptance by the local chapter board of
directors. Each dues-paying member shall be classified by business type, i.e.,
industry, educational institution, vendor or consultant, and by sponsorship
status, i.e., individual or corporate membership. The local chapter board of
directors shall designate all classifications. There will be three
classifications of membership - individual, corporate and student.
(Download Membership Application Forms Membership.doc
or Membership.pdf)
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Individual membership in the local chapter is engaged
by an individual person and remains with that individual person, regardless of
employment. Corporate membership in the local chapter is engaged by a company,
a corporation, a major division of a corporation or an educational institution.
Each corporate membership is limited to a fixed number of individuals employed
by that facility (to be determined by the board), and those individuals shall
be named upon membership application to the local chapter. Multiple corporate
memberships can be consummated by the same facility. One primary representative
shall be designated for each corporate membership. Upon the departure of any
employee covered by the corporate membership, said facility shall have the
opportunity to name a replacement individual. Based on the departing employee's
severance from the facility, said departing employee shall no longer benefit
from local chapter membership under this corporate membership. Student
membership will have the same rights as a individual member, but will require a
valid student identification and the acceptance of the board.
The following classifications of members are outlined by the bylaws:
Individual, Corporate and Student. A corporate membership shall allow 10
members from a given company or institution. Each individual registered as a
corporate membership in the local chapter, shall receive one ballot as limited
by the number of members allowed to a corporate membership (10). Distinct
corporations will not receive any ballots. Each corporate membership must
assign a distinct person as a member. Memberships not filled by a corporation
will not be allowed to vote. Multiple memberships by the same person, and
multiple votes by the same person will not be allowed.
The following text was removed from the bylaws:
Each corporation registered as a corporate membership in the local chapter
shall receive a fixed number of ballots, the number of which will be determined
by the board. The corporation shall have the discretion to distribute said
ballots appropriately.
Membership of Minors
Based on advice from legal council, we will prohibit members from joining the
organization who are under 18 years old. Instead, we will institute a visitor
program where a member may bring one visitor to a meeting. That visitor will
have no voting rights and will be the responsibility of the member.
The line from our bylaws, "All memberships are subject to acceptance by the
local chapter board of directors" will allow the board to use the 18 and over
rule and will allow for any future changes in our membership rules.
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