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Membership Guidelines
  


GUIDELINES ON MEMBERSHIP

4. Membership of the Association shall be divided into two classes, Regular Members (who shall be either Provisional Regular Members or Full Regular Members) and Associate Members where;

(1) Regular Members are those members that market packaged olive oil in Australia to the retail, food service and industrial trades under brands that they control as well as members which are designated brand agents responsible for marketing in Australia, olive oil brands of foreign countries and where :-

(a)

 each brand of packaged olive oil may only be represented by one Regular Member; and
   
(b)

 notwithstanding the number of brands controlled by a member, each Regular Member may only retain one membership; and where;
   
(c) Full Regular Members;
     
  (i) must have been Regular Members for at least twelve months; and
     
  (ii)


 have been accepted as Full Regular Members by the Committee at its sole discretion and such acceptance has been notified in writing by the secretary to the member.
     
  (iii)

 shall, subject to Rule 19, be entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association whether upon a show of hands or a poll; and where;
   
(d)


 Provisional Regular Members shall be Regular Members that have not been accepted by the Committee as Full Regular Members and who shall not be entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association.

(2) Associate Members are those members which do not qualify as Regular Members and may be overseas packers of olive oil, or members which provide a service to the olive industry and where Associate Members shall not be entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association.

SCHEDULE OF DUES

Provisional Membership $1,100 per year
   
Associate Membership $550 per year

All applications for membership are reviewed by the Executive Committee and if appropriate new members may be admitted as "Provisional Members" or Associate Members. Provisional Members would be reviewed after 12 months at the next Executive Committee meeting following that term at which time the Provisional Member may be admitted as a Full Regular Member, have the existing membership status extended or otherwise as determined by the Executive Committee. Voting rights are only available to Full Regular Members.