Kansas Recreation and Park Association

“Membership categories in the association are defined as follows: a. Professional: shall be those individuals whose primary occupation is administrative, management, supervisory or specialist in nature in an agency whose function is recreation, park conservation or leisure service; and persons employed as an educator of recreation, park and/or leisure students in universities or colleges; or in some other organization and having similar responsibilities. They shall have all the privileges of membership including the privilege to vote and to hold office. B. Associate: shall be individuals employed part time in a recreation, park conservation, leisure service or related agency or non professional employees affiliated with such an agency; or individuals who are associated with such organizations and do not represent any company, firm or organization selling products or services to agencies represented. Interested laypersons and former board, commission, council or committee members may be included in this category. Members in this category will not be eligible to vote, hold office or chair committees. They may participate in a specific branch in accordance with the guidelines of the branch. C. Students: shall be those individuals enrolled on full time, undergraduate or graduate basis majoring in recreation, parks conservation or related field at an accredited university, college or community college. Members in this category may serve on committees and be eligible to hold office at the branch level but shall not hold voting privileges. Members in this category may also attend the state conference free of charge. D. Agency: shall be one full-time agency administrator (who is listed under professional membership category), generally the agency director, and all of those individuals representing advisory citizen boards or commissions. Board members in this category shall be entitled to all privileges of membership, including representing the citizens branch committee on the board of directors and voting in elections. E. Commercial: shall be individuals, organizations, companies or business firms selling products or services to recreation, park conservation and leisure service agencies. Members in this category shall be entitled to all privileges of membership including the privilege to vote (one vote per agency) and hold office. Anyone who qualifies for commercial membership is not entitled to hold membership in any other category. F. Retired professional: shall be any professional member in good standing and currently retired having reached the age of 55. Members in this category shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership including the privilege to vote and to hold office of the association if they have been an active member in krpa for five years immediately prior to retirement. G. Honorary lifetime: shall be those individuals elected to the hall of fame or previously designated as honorary life time member status. Life time members shall be exempt from annual dues. Members in this category shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership including the privilege to vote and to hold office of the association.”

“Voting members may belong to one primary category in which the individual must meet the established category membership criteria.”

“A copy of the form 990 is made available to the board members for review.”

“The board of directors are asked to review and sign the conflict of interest policy at the beginning of each year.”

“The executive committee reviews the executive director's salary annually. The information is given to the full board of directors for inclusion in the budget.”

“The orgranization makes their governing documents available to the public upon request and through their website.”