Membership
Join MAME
Download the MAME Membership Form [pdf]
MAME offers its members:
- MAMElist: an active online community for sharing resources and information.
- Media Spectrum: an award-winning professional journal that features relevant and timely articles by MAME members and others.
- Fall conference: a professional development and networking opportunity featuring workshops, sessions, and nationally-known authors and speakers.
- Quarterly Newsletter published online.
- Spring Weekend conference and Summer Workshop: additional professional development opportunities.
- SB-CEU's offered for professional development. (FAQ's about SB-CEU's [pdf])
- Awards program to recognize excellence in media services
- Legislative advocacy on the state and national level.
- Support to members whose jobs may be threatened.
- Support for Intellectual Freedom.
- Current job postings in Michigan and elsewhere.
- Regional divisions offering local networking.
- Special Interest Groups offering a connection with others in similar positions.
MAME members are dedicated professionals, committed to providing the best possible media services for their students. If you work in a school library media center in Michigan, you need to be part of MAME!
Annual Dues:
- Active: $50
- Associate: $ 30 (Includes retirees, paraprofessionals, aides, technicians, unemployed, and students)
- Commercial/Institutional: $50
- Retired Lifetime Membership: $150 (one-time payment)
Membership year goes from fall conference to next fall conference.
Take advantage of the spring membership special: join now, and your membership will not need to be renewed until Fall 2008!
DUES OPTIONS
1. ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Professional educators actively engaged in work within the broad field of media in education and any person interested in supporting the purposes and goals of the Association may become active members. Active members shall be entitled to vote, hold office and receive any appropriate services of the Association.
2. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIPS
A. RETIREES
Any persons who have held active membership in the Association upon retirement shall be eligible for retired membership status. For purposes of clarification, retirement shall mean those persons meeting the requirements for Social Security retirement benefits, or living on retirement income and not gainfully employed. Upon payment of dues, retired members shall be entitled to vote, hold office and receive any appropriate services of the organization.
B. PARAPROFESSIONALS, AIDES, TECHNICIANS, UNEMPLOYED
Paraprofessionals, aides and technicians actively engaged in work within the broad field of media in education or those currently unemployed may become associate members. They shall receive services as authorized by the Board of Directors. These members may not hold elective office.
C. STUDENTS
Full-time students may become members upon payment of dues as specified in the dues structure (3025). A student shall be defined as enrolled full time, throughout the membership year, in an institution that prepares media specialists, media paraprofessionals, or media technicians. A student membership may not be held by anyone holding a professional, paraprofessional or technical position during the membership year unless the difference in the membership dues be paid to the treasurer to make a member in good standing in the proper category of membership. Student members shall receive services as authorized by the Board of Directors. They shall not be entitled to hold elective office.
3. COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Companies and institutions may hold membership upon payment of dues. These members shall receive services as authorized by the Board of Directors. They shall not be entitled to vote or hold elective office.
4. RETIRED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
Any persons who have held active membership in the Association upon retirement shall be eligible for retired lifetime membership status. Retirees who join for a lifetime at this rate will have the privilege of attending fall conference for free as long as they volunteer two hours at the conference for each day attended. This membership option will not include receipt of Media Spectrum. Subscriptions to Media Spectrum would have to be purchased annually.
5. HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Any person who has rendered significant services to the educational media interests in the state may be elected to honorary membership on nomination of the Board of Directors and by a majority vote of the membership present and voting at any annual meeting of the Association. Persons holding honorary memberships in MASL or MAVA prior to December 13, 1973, will hold honorary membership in MAME without further assessment. Honorary members shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of membership and shall be exempt from payment of dues.