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MEMBERSHIP

Connie Goldman - Chairperson
Anita Guris
Deborah Danila

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The club enthusiastically welcomes new members – young people, beginners and anyone else who is genuinely interested in birding. Members benefit from the wealth of information and expertise that this club offers. The club newsletter, Philadelphia Larus, and the bi-annual club journal, Cassinia, are provided to members.

DVOC is the organization for birders and bird enthusiasts in the Delaware Valley region. Please visit our current meeting/program and field trip schedule. Meetings are lively proceedings, with a featured speaker or a special forum as well as reports from the various committees, announcements, and general field notes. The club has an extensive program of field trips – local, regional, national, and international. All meetings, field trips, and other club activities are open to members and non-members.

Joining the DVOC is a simple process.

• Submit completed application to any member of the Club or mail it to:

Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Membership Committee
c/o Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103

• After approval by Council, the new member will be welcomed to the Club.

On 4/5/09 Council voted, after considerable debate and thought, decided to change the cost of an annual membership and a life membership.

Annual Dues

The Club's fiscal year and dues year run from January to January.

Dues for 2009 are $25.
Dues for 2010 are $35. (This is the first dues increase since 2001)

People joining January 2009 through March 2009, pay the full dues for the 2009 year ($25).
People joining April 2009 through August 2009, pay half dues for the 2009 year rounded to the highest dollar ($13), and are covered to the end of 2009.
People joining September 2009 through December 2010, pay the full dues for 2010 ($35), and are covered to the end of 2010.

Dues are $10 per year for Junior/Student Membership. This category is available to students at the college level or below.

Life Memberships

Life Membership is also an option. Life membership dues are placed in the club endowment, thus generate income and support the club in perpetuity. The cost of a life membership has traditionally been established as 15 times the annual dues rate. Once a person becomes a life membership they no longer pay dues.

Anyone who has started a life membership three year payment plan, or starts a three year payment plan during 2009, the cost is $375.00. It can be paid as a single payment, or alternately, 3 yearly installments of $125.00. This is in place of annual dues.
Anyone who has already paid their 2009 annual dues, can change to a three year payment plan by paying an additional $100 in 2009. This $100 payment and their already paid 2009 dues will be the first year of their three year payment plan. They will owe an additional $125 in both 2010 and 2011, totaling $375.

For anyone beginning a life membership three year payment plan in 2010, the cost is $525. It can be paid as a single payment, or alternately, 3 yearly installments of $175.00. This is in place of annual dues.

For further information contact the Membership Chairperson - Connie Goldman

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Fellows and Honorary Members

List of Honorary Members and Fellows

(From the DVOC Constitution)
"Ornithologists who have attained special prominence in their ornithological work may be chosen at the annual meeting to be Honorary Members of the Club."

(From the DVOC Constitution)
"Fellows shall be chosen ......from among the Active Members of at least one year's standing as a recognition of the high quality of their ornithological work."

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