About Our Membership
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Join MAME!
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, become a part of MAME today!
- Click here to complete the online membership application.
- Read the Five Good Reasons to Join MAME!
Member Benefits
Resources and Publications:
- MAMElist: Our active online listserv community sharing resources and information.
- Media Spectrum: An award-winning professional journal that features relevant and timely articles by MAME members and others.
- Media Matters monthly newsletter, distributed through MAMElist and archived online.
- Annual Fall Conference: A great professional development and networking opportunity that features workshops, sessions, vendors, and nationally-known authors and speakers.
- Spring Seminar and Summer Leadership Workshop which offer quality professional development opportunities.
- SCECHs offered at workshops and conferences.
- Awards program to recognize excellence in media services.
Support:
- 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 Group memberships offering a connection with others in similar positions.
Annual Dues
- Active member option: $50.
- Associate member option: $40 (Includes retirees, paraprofessionals, aides, technicians, unemployed, and students and classroom teachers)
- Commercial/Institutional members: $50.
- Retired Lifetime members: $150 (one-time payment)
A membership year is renewed at the time of the fall conference (Oct./Nov.).
Memberships
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP: $50. 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.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: $40. Includes the following groups:
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP: $50. 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.
RETIRED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP: $150. 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.
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP: No dues. 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.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: $40. Includes the following groups:
- 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.
- PARAPROFESSIONALS, AIDES, TECHNICIANS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, 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.
- 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.
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP: $50. 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.
RETIRED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP: $150. 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.
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP: No dues. 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.
For More Information
For membership questions, email Karen Becknell, MAME Database Manager at mamedatab@gmail.com.
