Membership in the Virginia Trappers Association is open to any individual or organization upon filing an application for membership and paying the required dues. (More membership details below)
Regular membership (1 year) is membership for persons 16 years of age and older. Regular members will receive any and all publications offered by the VTA, Trappers Post, and have full voting rights on issues brought before the General Membership.
Regular membership without publication (w/o pub) is membership for persons 16 years of age and older. Regular members w/o pub will not receive any subscription publications offered by the VTA as a benefit of membership but will have full voting rights on issues brought before the General Membership.
Regular membership (2 year) is membership for persons 16 years of age and older. Regular members will receive any and all publications offered by the VTA, Trappers Post, and have full voting rights on issues brought before the General Membership.
Junior membership in the VTA is membership for all persons under the age of 16 years. Subscription publications, Trappers Post are included in Junior membership. Junior members are not eligible to vote on issues brought before the General Membership.
Junior membership in the VTA is membership for all persons under the age of 16 years. Junior members are not eligible to vote on issues brought before the General Membership.
Life Membership is a regular membership in which the member applies and pays the required dues. Upon application and full payment of life membership dues that member shall be called a Life Member and will not be required to pay dues for the rest of his or her lifetime. This class of membership will include subscription to any and all subscription publications offered in membership and a Trappers Post subscription. Life mehave full voting rights on issues brought before the General Membership.
Life Membership without publication (w/o pub) is a regular membership in which the member applies for a life membership without publication and pays the required dues. Upon application and payment of life dues w/o pub the member shall be called a Life Member and will not be required to pay dues for the rest of his or her lifetime. Members w/o pub will not receive any subscription publications. These members will have full voting rights on issues brought before the General Membership.
Organization membership is open to all organizations and companies who have an interest in trapping, fur handling, or other related issues in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Association subscriptions are included with Organization memberships. Organizations and companies who become members in the Virginia Trappers Association may use the VTA logo and VTA name in their advertising. Voting rights do not exist with this class of membership.
Honorary membership may be selected individuals chosen by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Board at any annual meeting. This class of membership carries no rights of publication or voting.
Dues (or affiliation for membership fees) are set by the Virginia Trappers Association Executive Board. The Executive Board consists of the following Officers: President, who will also serve as Chair, Vice President, General Organizer, Recording Secretary, Membership Secretary, Treasurer, National Trappers Association Representative, Training Coordinator, and the immediate Past President. Five members of the Executive Board shall constitute a quorum.
After a hearing of the Executive Board and upon recommendation and a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors, a member may be suspended for cause. The Executive Board shall determine the cause for a hearing and the grounds for suspension. The Board of Directors may reinstate a member by full two-thirds vote. Members suspended from membership will not be allowed a refund of paid dues. Lifetime Members who are suspended and not reinstated may have a portion of their paid dues refunded, upon application by the suspended member within ninety (90) days of such a decision, at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
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