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Membership Rules

[From the Disciplines] [click for recommendation form]

Article 1. Membership

To become a member of Greenfield Group a person must be . . .

1.interested;
2 recommended by a member;
3 invited by vote of the members to attend convocation;
4 committed to the Disciplines;
5 extended an invitation to join;
6 accept the invitation.

There is no waiting list. Recommendation must be submitted anew at each Convocation. Invitees must be posted and sent ahead of time (at least two weeks) to the scribe to be considered. (Spring, 1999). Membership is limited to thirty people.

Article 3.Attendance

            Attendance is required at all sessions of each Convocation, including chapel services, from the first session on Monday afternoon through lunch on Wednesday. The Scribe should be notified if circumstances require an individual to come late or leave early.

            Absences from an entire convocation shall be excused for reasons of personal health, family emergency, sabbatical leave, conducting funerals, or for other reasons excused by the group at the business meeting. It is the member’s responsibility to inform the Scribe of an absence. Grace may be extended by vote of the group if the absent member requests it. Two unexcused absences in any continuous three-year period will mean being dropped from the membership unless the group votes otherwise.

Article 4. Financial Obligations of Membership

            Annual dues (currently $20.) are to be paid at the Spring Convocation. Room and board costs are set by the Convocation facility.

            If the facility were any convocation is held requires firm reservations, any member who has not notified the Scribe that he or she cannot attend, is responsible for the full fee, unless the Scribe has been notified in time (currently 14 days) for the facility’s satisfaction.

            Any unexcused or excused absences not given notification to the Scribe two weeks prior to the Convocation will pay the full amount. (Spring- 1999)

 

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