REVISED 9/19/2021
ARTICLE IV: DUES
1. Dues for membership shall be an amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors.
(Currently dues are: Member $225 (includes $75 NYSAHI dues); Associate Member $150 (NYSAHI dues paid in another association); Retired Member $0; Trade Member $100; McGovern Scholarship Member $0 (includes NYSAHI).
2. Any member more than sixty (60) days in arrears for any indebtedness to the Association may be terminated from membership by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall send to a member written notice of an account in arrears by First Class Mail upon that account reaching thirty (30) days in arrears.
Annual payment of dues for membership shall be required for continuing membership no later than the scheduled date of the Association’s first scheduled meeting in January (the third Tuesday of January). Advance notice relating to the amount and due date should be sent by the Treasurer by e-mail to each person in the current membership (except Retired Members) no later than December 21st. Such notice shall include payment instructions and dues amounts by membership category. In addition to methods of payment offered in the notice, payments in cash will be accepted at the January meeting.
Any member who is delinquent in payment of dues shall be dropped from the STAHI membership roll on June 30th of the year delinquent and shall be sent prompt notice of such by First Class Mail by the Treasurer. Such notice shall include instructions to the ex-member to immediately take down the STAHI logo along with any representation of their membership in or affiliation with STAHI, from their website, business card, social media or other forms of promotion, advising that failure to do so may constitute a violation of New York State regulations Section 197-4.8 “Fraud, Misrepresentation and Dishonesty”.
During any member’s period of dues delinquency, they will not be eligible for State Continuing Education credit for any STAHI education program and no certificates for such shall be given them. Such State CE credit may not be conferred by STAHI retroactively when past due dues are paid up.
Ex-Members may be re-instated to membership upon payment of un-discounted past due annual dues in full, along with payment of a $25 administrative fee.
3. In the event of dissolution of the Association, any funds remaining shall be transferred to one or more organizations which are exempt from Federal Income Tax under Internal Revenue Code 501 (c )(6).
4. The Association dues for a Member who maintains NYSAHI membership through means other than their STAHI membership shall be discounted, but such member shall have no STAHI voting rights in any matter relating to NYSAHI. That discount shall be established from time to time by the Board.
