Renew your
membership
or become a new member.
Active Member shall be one who is
duly paid to produce, disseminate or edit outdoor information
regularly to the public by means of newspapers, electronic media,
magazines, books, journals, lectures, photography
(film/video/still), art or other suitable media.
In
determining eligibility for Active membership, the Membership
Screening Committee and Board of Directors shall be broadly
guided, but not inflexibly bound, by the following criteria
pertaining to the prescribed regularity of
dissemination.
- Newspapers: 40 columns or articles during the
previous 12 months. A syndicated writer must have more than one
publication carrying the same article; material appearing every
two weeks.
- Radio/Television: 13
programs of 30-minute format or 40 programs of 2-5 minute format
during the previous 12 months.
- Magazines: Six articles in general circulation
magazines during the previous 12 months.
- Books: One published book during the previous 24
months.
- Book Editor: Full-time or freelance Submit letter
from immediate supervisor.
- Still Photography: 36 published outdoor-related
photos during the previous 12 months.
- Movie Photography: Produce,
photograph or write script for one complete film of at least 30
minutes during the previous 24 months. Shorter features may be
combined for total.
- Videotapes: Produce
one every 12 months of at least 50 minutes or a number of
shorter tapes equaling 50 minutes in total length. All must be
produced in quantities of 500 or more for commercial sale.
- Lectures: 18 during
the previous 12 months.
- Cartoonist/Artist/Illustrator: 12 published works
during the previous 12 months.
- Public Relations: Must devote at least 50 percent
of time to servicing accounts of clients engaged in outdoor
activities or subjects, and whose activities involve outdoor
information other than product publicity.
- Miscellaneous: Any combination of the above that
satisfies the Membership Screening Committee and Board of
Directors.
Freelance outdoor writing must account for at least 60
percent of writing income. Full-time employees of state, federal
or nonprofit agency whose chief concern is communicating about the
outdoors.
Associate Member shall be one who satisfies at
least 50 percent of the requirements for Active status is eligible
if they have a strong, direct professional or commercial interest
in outdoors communications and has the potential for becoming an
Active member within three (3) years. This does not apply to
Associate members who joined prior to Sept. 27, 1989.
Student Member shall be one who is a full-time
student who has an active interest in outdoors
communications.
