Membership Requirements

To be eligible for membership in the DAMA Central Virginia Chapter, an individual shall have an active interest in data management concepts, products or technology, either as a user or a potential user. All memberships are subject to acceptance by the local chapter board of directors. Each dues-paying member shall be classified by business type, i.e., industry, educational institution, vendor or consultant, and by sponsorship status, i.e., individual or corporate membership. The local chapter board of directors shall designate all classifications. There will be three classifications of membership - individual, corporate and student.

Membership Classifications

Individual membership in the local chapter is engaged by an individual person and remains with that individual person, regardless of employment. Corporate membership in the local chapter is engaged by a company, a corporation, a major division of a corporation or an educational institution. Each corporate membership is limited to a fixed number of individuals employed by that facility (to be determined by the board), and those individuals shall be named upon membership application to the local chapter. Multiple corporate memberships can be consummated by the same facility. One primary representative shall be designated for each corporate membership. Upon the departure of any employee covered by the corporate membership, said facility shall have the opportunity to name a replacement individual. Based on the departing employee's severance from the facility, said departing employee shall no longer benefit from local chapter membership under this corporate membership. Student membership will have the same rights as a individual member, but will require a valid student identification and the acceptance of the board.

The following classifications of members are outlined by the bylaws: Individual, Corporate and Student. A corporate membership shall allow 10 members from a given company or institution. Each individual registered as a corporate membership in the local chapter, shall receive one ballot as limited by the number of members allowed to a corporate membership (10). Distinct corporations will not receive any ballots. Each corporate membership must assign a distinct person as a member. Memberships not filled by a corporation will not be allowed to vote. Multiple memberships by the same person, and multiple votes by the same person will not be allowed.

The following text was removed from the bylaws:
Each corporation registered as a corporate membership in the local chapter shall receive a fixed number of ballots, the number of which will be determined by the board. The corporation shall have the discretion to distribute said ballots appropriately.
Membership of Minors
Based on advice from legal council, we will prohibit members from joining the organization who are under 18 years old. Instead, we will institute a visitor program where a member may bring one visitor to a meeting. That visitor will have no voting rights and will be the responsibility of the member.

The line from our bylaws, "All memberships are subject to acceptance by the local chapter board of directors" will allow the board to use the 18 and over rule and will allow for any future changes in our membership rules.