Membership Types
(From the UAI Charter)
ARTICLE 3— MEMBERSHIP
UAI welcomes members from all races, cultures, nations, and religions. There are three categories of membership in UAI: a Full Member, a Member-at-Large, and an Associate Member.
• 3.1 Full Member
• 3.1.1 To be eligible for full membership in UAI, a person shall have read The Urantia Book in its entirety, shall support the teachings of The Urantia Book , shall support the goals and purposes of UAI and Urantia Foundation, and shall agree to abide by the UAI Charter and Bylaws and the Bylaws of his National and/or Local Association.
• 3.1.2 A full member is entitled to vote in his Association of record.
• 3.1.3 All full members of Local or National Associations who reside within the geographical boundaries of a National Association are members of that National Association, unless a member has been accepted as a full member of an Association in another country of which the member is a citizen.
• 3.2 Member-at-Large
There are two categories of Members-at-Large: one where no Association of UAI exists and an optional category in which a National Association of UAI with subsidiary Local Associations exists.
• 3.2.1 No Association of UAI exists. An individual living in a country where no Association of UAI exists may join UAI as a Member-at-Large. Such a Member-at-Large shall be attached to the Membership Committee of the Central Administration. When the first Association is formed in a country, all Members-at-Large residing in that country shall become members of that Association.
• 3.2.2 A National Association with subsidiary Local Associations exists. This category is optional and may be adopted in the Bylaws of a National Association. A geographically isolated individual living in a country where a National Association with subsidiary Local Associations exists may join UAI as a Member-at-Large. Such a Member-at-Large shall be attached to the Membership Committee of the National Association.
• 3.2.3 To be eligible to join UAI as a Member-at-Large a person shall have read The Urantia Book in its entirety, shall support the teachings of The Urantia Book , shall support the goals and purposes of UAI and Urantia Foundation, and shall agree to abide by the UAI Charter and Bylaws (and the Bylaws of his National Association if applicable.)
• 3.2.4 A Member-at-Large may not hold office and is not entitled to vote.
• 3.3 Associate Member
• 3.3.1 An Associate Member category is optional and may be adopted in the Bylaws of a National or Local Association.
• 3.3.2 An individual who has not read The Urantia Book in its entirety may join UAI as an Associate Member. To be eligible to join UAI as an Associate Member a person shall be reading The Urantia Book , shall support the teachings of The Urantia Book , shall support the goals and purposes of UAI and Urantia Foundation, and shall agree to abide by the UAI Charter and Bylaws and the Bylaws of his National and/or Local Association.
• 3.3.3 An Associate Member shall not be entitled to vote or to hold office, and must be affiliated with a Local or National association.
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