Effective for 2018 Membership year
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This corporation has been organized on a non-stock basis with members as permitted under the Michigan Non-Profit Corporation Act. The members of the Corporation shall be as follows:
Voting/Professional Members
Persons meeting the following qualifications and who have paid the requisite annual dues shall be voting members of the Corporation, entitled to vote on all matters on which members of this Corporation are entitled to vote under these By-Laws or under the Michigan Non-Profit Corporation Act:
A manager, chief administrator or an assistant to a manager or chief administrator of a city, village, township, county, council of government (COG), or other local governmental unit, holding or eligible to hold, A full or associate membership in the International City/County Management Association (herein referred to as ICMA). MANAGERS IN TRANSITION WHO ARE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, CURRENTLY BETWEEN JOBS, AND ACTIVELY SEEKING A MANAGER POSITION, SHALL RETAIN MEMBERSHIP AND RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY ANNUAL DUES AND REGISTRATION FOR THE WINTER INSTITUTE AND SUMMER WORKSHOP. Voting/professional members shall have access to the MME listserv.
Non-Voting Members
Persons meeting the following qualifications and who have paid the requisite annual dues (if any) shall be non-voting members of the Corporation entitled to attend all meetings of the members of the Corporation. THESE MEMBERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACCESS TO THE MME LISTSERV, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
(a) Consultant Member: Those members of consulting firms specializing in local government.
(b) Affiliate Member: Local government professionals with division or department head responsibilities OR AFFILIATE MEMBERS OF ICMA.
(c) Retired Member: Voting/professional members who are no longer employed on a full-time basis AND ARE NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP. RETIRED MEMBERS SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE LISTSERV.
(d) EMERGING LEADER: ENROLLED COLLEGE STUDENT AND/OR CURRENT MUNICIPAL INTERN, UNLESS ELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY. ACCESS TO THE MME LISTSERV THROUGH A MUNICIPAL EMAIL ONLY, ALONG WITH COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION FOR THE WINTER INSTITUTE AND SUMMER WORKSHOP.
Membership Eligibility
Interpretation of the eligibility requirements in any membership category shall be made by the Board of Directors which shall establish a procedure for admission to membership. Persons who become members of the Corporation are to become such for purposes of advancing the profession and not for purposes of personal gain from marketing products or services to other members of the Corporation.