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5. Obligations

5.1 Obligations for Regular Member of APIRA (RMA)

  1. Attending member meetings;
  2. Carrying out APIRA joint survey by regular members of APIRA (conducting surveys on local Internet development by adopting uniform survey method);
  3. Providing survey results and findings on local Internet or related issues to APIRA and its website;
  4. Maintaining APIRA website, updating local information on the website;
  5. Recommending and promoting new member organizations;
  6. Publicizing APIRA, maintaining the image of APIRA and spreading the influence of APIRA;
  7. Proposing reasonable suggestions for the development of APIRA;
  8. Hosting member meetings;
  9. Coordinating other members in a friendly manner;

5.2 Obligations for Associate Member of APIRA (AMA)

  1. Attending member meetings;
  2. Providing survey results and findings on local Internet or related issues to APIRA and its website;
  3. Recommending and promoting new member organizations;
  4. Publicizing APIRA, maintaining the image of APIRA and spreading the influence of APIRA;
  5. Proposing reasonable suggestions for the development of APIRA;
  6. Coordinating other members in a friendly manner;

6. Secession of Membership

  1. In case of seceding from APIRA, the member shall submit written application to the secretariat at least two months in advance. The Board shall make a decision on the application before the applied secession date;
  2. Those who are in violation of APIRA objectives, and can not be persuaded;
  3. Those who are failed in performing member's obligations, and can not be persuaded;
    For RMA - if not to attend APIRA member meeting and any activities including the joint survey for one year with no appropriate reason stated, a RMA will lose its voting rights and regular membership. It turns to an AMA thereafter. If attending all activities in the next year, the rights can be recovered accordingly and it becomes a RMA again. If the organization does not attend APIRA member meeting and any activities including the joint survey for consecutive two years, its membership will be automatically deprived.
    For AMA - with no appropriate reason stated, if not to attend APIRA member activities for consecutive two years, an AMA would be dismissed from APIRA automatically.
  4. Those who are disorganized or going bankrupt.
  5. The APIRA secretariat will send an official notifying letter to the dismissed organization with the signature of the APIRA Chair.
 
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