Washington State Grange

“Sec. 1. The executive committee of this grange shall consist of three elective members and the master, overseer, and secretary who shall be members ex officio with voting rights. Sec. 2. The term of office for executive committeemen shall be three years, and one shall be elected annually, except the master, overseer, and secretary who shall be elected in each odd numbered year. Sec. 3. The executive committee shall attend to the general and specific business of the state grange, as directed by delegate action at each state grange convention, exercising supervision over the affairs of the order during a recess of the grange, order an audit of the secretary's and treasurer's and other accounts by a state licensed or bonded auditor, approve all official bonds and report all its actions in detail to the state grange at each annual meeting. Sec. 4. The executive committee shall, budget such moneys from the general fund as are necessary for the various programs or departments.”

“Sec. 3. Individual membership. The membership of subordinate granges shall be composed of persons interested in agricultural pursuits and having no interests in conflict with our purposes, of the age of fourteen years, duly proposed, elected, and complying with the rules and regulations of the order, who shall be entitled to membership and the benefits of the degrees taken. Each application must be accompanied by the fee of membership, plus dues to the end of the current year. If rejected, the money will be refunded, and no petition shall be received from a rejected applicant until six months shall have elapsed after such rejection. Applications must be certified by one member of the grange to which application is directed and balloted for at a regular meeting. It shall require a simple majority of those voting. At such time as an individual qualifies for the family membership the status of the member shall be changed to family membership with no interruption of their membership. Sec. 4. Family membership. A family whose members are fourteen years of age with an interest in the purposes of the order may be proposed as candidates and elected to membership in a subordinate grange as follows: (a) the process of election to membership and becoming a full member for all members of the family shall be the same as for an individual. (b) a family shall consist of a husband and wife and their dependents, or a single person and their dependents. Dependents are defined as children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren under the age of 23, who live as a member of the same household or in absence due to illness, education or military service. Foster, adopted or stepchildren and other legal dependents shall be considered part of their legal guardians' family. At such time as a member no longer qualifies as a dependent or becomes a single member the status of the member shall be as an individual with no interruption of their membership. Sec. 5. Affiliate member. A fourth degree member may not be a member of more than one subordinate grange at the same time except that fourth degree members may be elected to membership in one additional subordinate grange as an affiliate member. A proposal for affiliate membership and election thereto shall be the same as that of a regular member. Such affiliate member shall pay the applicable dues and be entitled to hold office and vote in the additional subordinate grange, provided that affiliate members are clearly designated as such in reports to the secretary of the state grange, and further provided such affiliate members shall not hold the same office in two subordinate granges at the same time. Sec. 6. Associate member. A person or business with an interest in the advancement of agriculture and improvement of rural life may become an associate member. Such a member shall pay dues as prescribed below and be entitled to receive state grange information, publications, and participate in state grange services; provided, however, that associate members shall not be entitled to attend regular grange meetings, vote on matters of grange policy, or participate in national or state grange sponsored contests that are designed for regular grange members only. An application for associate membership shall be received and voted upon the same as a regular member. The application for associate membership shall be accompanied by dues to the end of the current year, said dues being the full amount if prior to july 1st, and pro-rated to one-half the full amount from july 1st to the end of the year. State grange dues shall be the same as regular members dues plus one dollar extra that goes directly to the national grange. The balance will stay with the subordinate grange. The associate member will not be required to appear in order to receive the four degrees or the fourth degree obligation. The associate member is not eligible to take the pomona, state, or national degrees or attend the meetings. The associate member, h”

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