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Eligibility for membership and acceptance of any application will be determined by the Membership Committee and approved by the Executive Committee. Eligibility for membership shall be premised upon the following:

A. Active members: Any person exclusively engaged as a Practicing Land Professional who is primarily responsible for the acquisitions, negotiation and/or management of interests in oil, gas and/or other mineral estates, and/or who derives a significant portion of his income as a result of performing Landwork.

• An active member shall have a minimum of one (1) year experience as a Practicing Land Professional.  The one-year minimum experience requirement may be waived by the Executive Committee for a graduate of a Petroleum Land Management/Minerals Land Management program that has been approved by the American Association of Petroleum Landmen (“AAPL”).
• If otherwise qualified under this section, eligibility will not be affected by classification of employment, department or managerial assignment.

B. Application for membership shall be made in writing on forms prescribed by the Membership Committee.  Each applicant shall be sponsored by one (1) active member who shall personally know the applicant and be able to attest to the applicant’s eligibility for membership. With board approval, the Membership Chairman may act as sponsor for someone who does not know an active member who could serve as their sponsor.

C. Life Members: Any active member who attains the age of sixty-five and who has been active in the Association for the most recent five (5) years. Life members shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of active members except they shall only receive electronic versions of DAPL publications. Life members shall be exempt from the payment of dues.

D. Honorary Members: Distinguished persons who have rendered outstanding service in any of the phases of the oil, gas and other minerals industry. They may be elected to honorary membership by the members present at any regular or special meeting of the Association after their nomination by the Executive Committee for the fiscal year then in effect. These members are exempt from the payment of dues and shall have all the rights and privileges of active members, except that they shall not have the right to hold office or vote.

E. Distinguished Members: Membership shall be conferred for life upon those professional landmen who have served the Association as its President or Landman of the Year. Distinguished members shall have all of the privileges of an active member and shall be exempt from annual dues.

F. Associate Members: This membership will allow those professionals who are not landmen to join the Association; however, they will not be able to chair a committee without the prior approval of the Executive Committee, or to vote, or to hold office. The Associate Member will receive the monthly newsletter and will be able to attend Association functions at member rates. The dues for this membership will be set by the Membership Committee.

Dues

2011-2012 membership year (June 1, 2011 thru May 31, 2012) = $65.00

The fiscal year and the membership year of this Association shall commence on June 1.

During the last three months of any membership year, the Executive Committee shall have the power to set the amount of dues for the next membership year.

Reinstatement: Any member who fails to pay the annual dues by June 30 may be reinstated by remitting the current year’s dues and the current reinstatement fee, if any. Delinquent members may apply for said reinstatement within that membership year in which the delinquency occurred. Failure to reinstate during said period will require compliance of the Bylaws as set forth under Article IV, Membership.