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| Benefits | Categories | Forms |
Categories
Individual
Professional
Individuals professionally qualified by education or experience, who devote
at least 5O percent of their working time to public relations activities
and pay their own dues. The membership belongs to the individual.
Institutional
Professional
Any organization, corporation, governmental agency or similar institution
may join and appoint representatives who are professionally qualified
by education or experience and devote at least 50 percent of their working
time to public relations activities. The organization pays the dues and
owns the membership.
Multiple
Professional Institutional
Any organization, corporation, governmental agency or similar institution
may join and appoint several representatives who are professionally qualified
by education or experience, devote at least 50 percent of their working
time to public relations activities and are employed in the same location
(building). In addition to lower annual dues, multi-professional members
are eligible for lower annual conference registration fees. The organization
pays the dues and owns the membership.
Retired
Professional Membership
Any professional member who has retired from the full-time practice of
public relations for-profit and has reached 62 years of age or more, shall
be eligible for retired professional membership.
Life
Membership
Any member of the association who has demonstrated extraordinary service
to the profession and the association at both the state and local level,
upon the recommendation of the past president's council to the board of
directors, followed by unanimous vote of both the board and the membership
present at any regular meeting, shall be eligible for life membership.
Life members shall not be liable for dues or assessments.
Non-Voting Memberships
Allied
Any person, either as an individual or representative of a firm or corporation,
interested in the activities of the association and in an allied field
of the public relations profession, is eligible for allied membership.
As with professional memberships, if the individual pays the dues, he
or she owns the membership. If an organization pays, the membership belongs
to the organization.
Associate
A person professionally or academically qualified for professional membership,
but who is temporarily not actively engaged in a public relations position.
This membership is available for a maximum of one year.
Student
Full-time students enrolled in accredited institutions of learning and
interested in public relations. Student memberships run from September
1 - August 31.
Dues
Individual
Professional - $150
Institutional Professional - $150
Multiple Professional Institutional
- First Membership - $150 Each
- Additional Membership - $140
- lndividual Institutional Allied - $150
- Plus $35 processing fee for each new member.
Associate Membership - $52.50*
Student - $25.00*
Retired - $15.00*
* No Processing Fee Required
Please click here to view a breakdown of the membership dues.