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Association Bye-Laws
Issued in accordance with Rule 48 of the Rules of the Association
Bye-Law 2011/01 (the second and third paragraphs to be presented to AGM12 as new Rule 2A and part of an amended Rule 7).
In an effort to increase the Association's visibility to junior officers in the Aerospace Battle Manager Branch, including those not yet awarded with an appropriate Certificate of Qualification, the Committee has deliberated on the most satisfactory method by which a more open and welcoming introduction may be offered to suitable but, as yet, ineligible applicants for full membership. This Bye-Law takes immediate and, where necessary, retrospective effect. Furthermore, Rule 5 shall be amended to read "Application for Full, Student and Associate Membership of the Association shall be made, on the form authorised by the Committee, to the Secretary. The Committee shall call upon the applicant to furnish further evidence, when deemed necessary, to show that he or she is eligible under Rule 2, Rule 2A or Rule 3."
Rule 2A.
Student Membership
Student Membership.
a.
An officer shall be eligible for Student Membership of the Association if he/she is serving in the Aerospace Battle Manager Branch of the Royal Air Force prior to the award of a recognised and appropriate qualification; this period shall include any period during which the officer is holding prior to joining a training course that would lead to the award of such a qualification.
b.
Student Membership shall only lead to Full Membership under the strict terms of Rule 2 and shall be cancelled on notification that the award of the qualification shall not be made by the School of Aerospace Battle Management; until the time of transfer to Full Membership, no subscription shall be due from the Student Member and no benefits or privileges of full membership shall be applicable, except for modified access to the Members' area of the Association website and Message Board.
Rule 7.
Application Procedure
Application Procedure.
a.
...as Rule 7 presently...
b.
If an applicant for Student Membership is deemed to be eligible for such membership in accordance with Rule 2A, a temporary registration shall be made by the Secretary and the applicant so informed; the applicant shall simultaneously be requested to complete and submit a modified standing order mandate that will only be required to make a first subscription payment on 1 April following the transfer to Full Membership. The applicant will, from the point the completed standing order mandate is received by the Treasurer, have modified website and Message Board access (but no automatic right to participate in any subsidy when attending any Association function).