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Levels of LMTA Membership and Requirements See Dues Structure, Tracking Membership and Extenuating Circumstance Below

LEVEL

DESCRIPTION

Members of NMTA & MTNA; Paid Dues by MTNA Deadline

RIGHT to vote, hold office, serve on committees, enter students in LMTA activities, NMTA & MTNA Competitions

Listed in LMTA Yearbook

On LMTA

Telephone

Information List

ENTRY

First-year members professionally engaged in any field of musical activity working toward Professional or Supporting membership.

Yes

SUPPORTING

Interested in teaching music and purposes of LMTA; may work toward professional membership

Yes

PROFESSIONAL

See procedure for tracking and Extenuating Circumstances listed below.

Engaged in any field of musical activity and met the requirements in all three of the following items during the previous LMTA calendar year:

1) Attended three or more LMTA sponsored workshops or meetings ( may include NMTA State Conference)

2) Entered one or more students in at least one LMTA sponsored event.

3) Served on one or more LMTA Committees*

Yes

COLLEGIATE FACULTY

Teaches music at the collegiate level

Volunteers to facilitate an LMTA workshop at least once every three years

Yes

COLLEGIATE STUDENT

Students engaged in developing their teaching skills

Yes

Yes - LMTA

No - NMTA/MTNA

Yes

RETIRED

No longer teaching

Yes

HONORARY

LMTA Board selects individuals for having given distinguished service to LMTA and the community

No Dues

May attend all meetings

and activities.

Yes

Dues Effective July 1, 2006

MTNA Active Member Dues:   $59.00               Collegiate (Student) Member Dues: $12.00

NMTA Active Member Dues:   $25.00               Collegiate (Student) Member Dues: $ 5.00

LMTA Active Member Dues:   $15.00               Collegiate (Student) Member Dues: $ 3.00

          Total Active Member:              $96.00                                 Total Collegiate:             $20.00

Senior Dues

MTNA Senior Dues: $43.25

NMTA Senior Dues: $17.50

LMTA Senior Dues:  $10.00 (70+ including any member grandfathered in)

           Total Senior Dues:                 $70.75

See www.MTNA.org to see other memberships available.

After January 1 all dues become 1/2 price

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NMTA Dues Effective July 1, 2006 are as follows:

Active - $25

Associate - $25

Collegiate - $12.50

Senior - $17.50

After January 1 all dues become 1/2 price

PROCEDURE FOR TRACKING MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

Please keep track of your LMTA involvement on the form provided in your Yearbook. Submit the completed form to the Membership Committee before June 30th. Programs of student involvement in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. may be sent along with the completed activity form from the Yearbook at the end of the year. Refer any questions to the Membership Committee Chair.

To achieve professional status, members must have completed the following in the year prior to designation:

LMTA Sponsored Events (3 required per year). Members must sign in at all LMTA sponsored events to receive workshop or meeting continuing education credits. The Membership Committee will check attendance sheets for compliance.

Enter one or more students in LMTA events or NMTA Festival.

Committees. Committee chairs are responsible for submitting the names of their members to the membership compliance committee by the end of the fiscal year.

Compliance. Compliance monitors will forward membership activity and status to the Membership Chair.

Once membership levels are determined, those members who are paid up by June 30th of each year will have their membership status published in the LMTA Yearbook (membership directory) and LMTA Brochure which will be made available to the public. The website will be updated as necessary. The names of members who have attained professional status will be included in telephone information given out to the public.

Extenuating Circumstances

Music-related workshops may qualify for the meeting/workshop requirement if a member is unable to attend LMTA sponsored events (must be approved by the membership committee).

Professional involvement in another music organization will automatically qualify a member for professional status for one year while working toward requirements.

Professional members who are full-time masters or doctoral music students may waive committee and student performance requirements.

Any college course in music may complete the meetings/workshops requirement for a member already engaged in music teaching as a professional.

Extended major illness of the member or a family member is an
extenuating circumstance in which the member may waive workshops, committee
and/or student participation.

Contact the membership committee regarding other extenuating circumstances.