SECTION 1.
The membership of this Association shall consist of six classes, namely:
- Active Member – Any person who is an active or inactive Nebraska Registered Land Surveyor, and whose registration has not lapsed or been revoked, shall be eligible for membership as an active member. An active member shall have full membership rights and privileges, including but not limited to membership voting rights.
- Honorary Life Member – A person of acknowledged eminence in Surveying, who has rendered outstanding service to the Land Surveying or Engineering Profession and who has been an Active Member of the Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska, may be elected as a Life Member of the Association by a two-thirds vote of the Official Board. Honorary Life Membership does include full membership voting rights.
- Retired Active Member – Any person who is a Nebraska Registered Land Surveyor, who is retired professionally from land surveying, or a business engaged in land surveying, whose active membership in Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska has been continuous for the required number of eligible years, upon notification and approval of the executive board shall be eligible for membership as a Retired Active Member and shall retain all the privileges of an Active Member, including all membership voting rights.
The required number of eligible years shall mean: continuous membership as an Active Member in Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive years. - Affiliate Member – Any person registered as a Land Surveyor in any state other than Nebraska, and Registered Professional Engineer, Realtor, Abstractor, Attorney, or any person engaged in a business or profession related to land surveying and interested in the advancement of the surveying profession shall, upon the recommendation of an Active Member, be eligible to apply for membership as an Affiliate Member. Affiliate membership does not include membership voting rights.
- Associate Member – Any person engaged in surveying and interested in becoming a Nebraska Registered Land Surveyor or any student with a sincere interest in surveying shall, upon the recommendation of an Active Member, be eligible to apply for membership as an Associate Member. Associate membership does not include membership voting rights.
- Sustaining Member – Any individual, group or firm engaged in providing equipment or service to the surveying and engineering profession. Sustaining Member shall mean and include:
Membership to Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska equivalent to an Affiliate member for an individual, group or firm.
A one-quarter page advertisement published or on the website in each of The Nebraska Surveyor newsletters. Special recognition shall be given to the Sustaining Member for supporting Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska within the cover page of the newsletter.
Exhibitors entrance fee to the annual meetings.
Sustaining Membership does not include membership voting rights.