Membership shall be available to any individual or institution upon payment of the annual membership dues.
Institutional membership carries no voting privileges at meetings of the organization.
Except for honorary members, all members shall be assessed annual membership dues, which shall be set by the membership upon the recommendation of the executive committee. There shall be no distinction in dues between individual and institutional membership. The members of the organization shall be convened annually by notification of the secretary at least two months in advance of the meeting. A slate of officers shall be presented to the annual meeting, and election shall be by majority vote of members present. Other nominations may be made at the meeting by a mover and seconder, in which case such an election shall be by ballot.