Article II. Members
Sec. 1
The
members of the Association shall be: Any person interested in
the study of America, upon payment of one yearÍs individual
member dues; only individual members in good standing have the
right to vote and hold office in the Association;
Any national association, joint regional and/or multi-national
association, or federation of associations, or any cultural
or educational non-profit association, whose application to
join is approved by a simple majority of the Executive Council
[q.v. Article IV, infra], may affiliate itself upon payment
of one yearÍs institutional dues.