NARGS Meeting Stipend Policy
The NARGS currently gives $300 as a meeting stipend to encourage local members to attend either a NARGS winter study weekend or a NARGS annual meeting. The stipend is intended as an incentive for a chapter member to participate in national activities. It is available only one time per person.
The requirements are that the applicant is a NARGS national member prior to the application, is a contributing member in good standing with his/her local chapter, and has never previously attended a national conference. Assisting a local chapter in hosting a national meeting does not count as attending a national meeting. The application for the stipend should be sent to the Chapter Chair who will request funds from the NARGS President. If approved, the stipend is sent directly to the applicant. It is suggested the Chair reward a truly deserving, active chapter member with this stipend.
Currently, (2011) there are five (5) stipends, with a maximum of one per chapter per year. One (1) is reserved for those outside the U.S. and Canada and for NARGS members who are not affiliated with a local chapter. This person is required to apply directly to the NARGS President. Click here to get a copy of the Stipend Form
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NARGS Student Membership Policy
To encourage National student membership, our organization gives a student discount. Currently, (2007) the student membership is $15. The term "student" is taken in the widest form of interpretation, including high school, college, and foreign student. All that is required is that the person shows his student ID card to the Chapter Chair or Officer of his local chapter. The local chapter officer is responsible for authorizing the person as a student, and communicates this fact to the Executive Secretary of NARGS. In turn, the secretary will issue the yearly membership. This procedure needs to be followed each successive year while the person is a student. In the case of foreign students and unaffiliated chapter applicants they must apply with a letter to the current President of NARGS. For those people who know of a student of Botany or Horticulture, it is suggested they encourage the student to apply for this generous student membership. |
NARGS Gift Certificate Policy
NARGS has had a long standing gift certificate policy. This allows individuals the possibility to give a National membership to other interested gardeners. However, they are not free, but are the cost of the annual dues. In order to maintain control of them, it is necessary they be purchased from the Executive Secretary. When all the usual information, (name, address, etc.) has been recorded with him, he will send out the gift certificate. And then the new member can be informed of this gift. In special cases, such as gift exchanges with other gardening clubs, where the cost is wavered, the gift must be authorized by an official agent of the National Society.
It is hoped, with the advent of the electronic media, this gift policy will have greater recognition and use.
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