Business is conducted at the annual business meeting. In the interim between meetings, the President, in concert with other officers and committees, conducts business and acts for the Academy. Academy members pay annual dues as well as a fee to offset annual program and business meeting expenses. Membership Names of candidates for membership are placed in nomination by a formal letter from a current member. This is accompanied by a biographical summary, submitted with the ballot to all active members, which includes the nominee's professional experience, significant publications, invited presentations, professional affiliations including offices, awards and honors, and professional activities.
Election requires a two-thirds majority of votes cast.
Like most academies of a similar nature, the Academy of Leisure Sciences is primarily honorary in nature. The organization is, comparatively speaking, simple and informal, there being no organizational imperatives beyond carrying out its purpose. Too, its members commit themselves each day, in their respective environments, to the purposes of the Academy. The Academy, for example, has published one book. Over the same period, Academy members have published more than 200, and Academy networks and forums have been the genesis of ideas.