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4.1 Subject to Article 4.9 hereunder, membership to the Union shall be by local chapters, and shall be open to all Anambra indigenes through their local chapters. An Anambra indigene is one who, by birth, naturalization, biological lineage, or adoption, is a native of the area delineated as Anambra State in Nigeria.

4.2 A Chapter of the Union can be constituted by at least five people of Anambra State descent resident in any one town, city or geographic area in the United States, EXCEPT that no two or more chapters may operate in the same town or contiguous geographic area.

4.3 A chapter shall, upon its coming into being, inform the National Executive Council (NEC) of its existence in writing through the National Secretary of the Union, and shall, for purposes of becoming a member of ASA, formally register the chapter with ASA by payment of the prescribed registration fees and the annual dues, under Article 4.10 herein, and shall furnish the NEC, through the Secretary, with the list of its registered members and their addresses, phone numbers and other contact information.

4.4 A chapter may have its own separate Constitution to guide its own activities; however, no provisions of a chapter?s Constitution shall be contrary to the aims and objectives of this Constitution. A copy of each chapter?s Constitution (and the updates and amendments thereto) shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Union.

4.5 Anambra indigenes who live in a town or city which has no ASA chapter, or in a town or city where the existing Anambra local organization has not duly registered with ASA,USA, may register themselves with the ASA chapter nearest them, or register, pursuant to article 4.9 herein, directly with the National Executive Council by a written application addressed to the Secretary of the Union, stating the facts of the case.

4.6 The National Secretary may, upon verified or verifiable knowledge or information that an applicant for membership is resident in a town where there are up to five Anambra persons, refuse to entertain a direct registration of such applicant.

4.7 MEMBERSHIP STANDING (a) A Chapter in good standing shall be considered to be one which not only regularly attends ASA,USA meetings, annual conventions, functions and affairs, but has also met all its financial obligations (registration fees, annual dues, levies, convention fees, etc.) to ASA, and has satisfactorily and fully observed the provisions of the ASA Constitution and its Code of Conduct, all of which shall have been timely done.

(b) A member in good standing shall be considered to be a person (or entity) who has maintained all his/her financial and civic obligations to the Association through his/her local chapter.

4.8 Only a member and/or chapter in good standing, as defined in Article 4.7(a) and (b) herein, shall be entitled to the rights, benefits and privileges appertaining to membership, including but not limited to the rights to vote and/or to be voted for in any elections.

4.9 HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. Upon approval by the House of Delegates, persons or organizations shall be admitted as Honorary Members of the Union; honorary members shall be subject to the same financial and civic responsibilities, and the rights, as set forth under Article 4 herein, unless modified by the House of Delegates or the National Executive Council (NEC) in specific cases.

4.10 REGISTRATION AND ANNUAL DUES. Duly constituted chapters (or Honorary Members) shall be deemed registered which have paid a one-time registration fee of $250.00. Each chapter shall maintain its membership with $250.00 annual dues, however, that the Annual Dues shall not be perpetually fixed, but shall be subject to automatic review every two years (or sooner) at the annual convention, and to an upward revision by a simple majority vote of the House of Delegates thereat.

 

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