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ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1
Full membership shall be open to state agencies and state-supported institutions of higher education of the State of Texas . Each Full Member organization shall designate a person to serve as the organization's principal representative. Each Full Member organization shall designate, as appropriate, a representative of administrative computing or management information systems, academic computing, and telecommunications services to participate in TASSCC activities such as holding office and serving as committee members of TASSCC.

SECTION 2
Each principal representative shall be the voting member for a Full Member organization and shall have one vote. If authorized by the Board of Directors, voting will be conducted by electronic methods with a 14 day minimum voting period. All voting ballots must be returned to the Secretary, or their designee, by the indicated date in order to be counted. Associate Members shall not be entitled to vote.

SECTION 3
Annual dues and other fees shall be set by the Board of Directors. Full annual dues shall be paid by each Full Member and each Associate Member organization. The Board of Directors will establish guidelines for the assessment of registration fees for association meetings, publication subscriptions, and other fees.

SECTION 4
There shall be established an Associate Membership within the Association as follows:

1. The following entities shall be entitled to make application for an Associate Membership
1. Any corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship provided such entity is primarily engaged in either
1. The manufacture, sale or service of information processing telecommunications equipment and/or software, or
2. Furnishing consulting, design and/or technical services in support of information processing or telecommunications equipment and/or software;
2. governmental agencies; or
3. state-supported school districts.
2. Each Associate Member shall designate as an Associate Representative a person regularly employed by the Associate Member having managerial, engineering, technical, or sales responsibility.
3. Associate Representatives shall not be entitled to vote or hold elective office.
4. Employees of the Associate Member organization shall be allowed to register for Association conferences based on rates charged Association members.

SECTION 5
Application for all classes of membership shall be filed with the Association's Executive Manager on the form provided by the Association. Any application so filed shall contain a statement as to the eligibility of the applicant. The application shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors to determine that the applicant meets the qualifications applicable to the class of membership sought. A Full Member applicant shall become a member of the Association upon payment of dues, as required, for the current year. An Associate Member applicant shall become a member of the Association upon review and approval by the Board of Directors and payment of dues, as required, for the current year.. Full and Associate memberships may be renewed by payment of annual dues. Dues shall be in accordance with Article III Section 3 of these bylaws.