Ideas

The Board will approve for membership anyone who meets the membership criteria as stated in the by-laws and requests membership.

Anyone=graduates, students, College employees, relatives of students/graduates, host parents, donors, any person who meets membership criteria.

Nobody becomes a member unless she or he asks to be a member.

An individual may ask to be a member either through self-nomination or a third-party nomination.

Privilege is earned:There should be at least three classes of membership, each with its own set of privileges.

Proposed classes and privileges are as follows:

Patron

• Title of patron
• Right to vote at AGMs, including right to vote in Board elections
• Right to be elected as a trustee
• Right to attend AGMs
• Right to appoint 3 patrons to the Board with full Board member privileges

Senior Member

• Right to vote at AGMs, including right to vote in Board elections
• Right to be elected as a trustee
• Right to attend AGMs

Member

• Right to attend AGMs
• Right to elect one non-voting representative to the Board

Transparency in Membership Application Process

Each person seeking membership will provide the following information:

1. History of volunteer support to Pearson College and/or UWC
2. History of financial donations to Pearson College and/or UWC
3. Skills on offer to the College, the Board and the Corporation
4. Other potentially relevant information, e.g. personal contacts in fundraising communities

A third party nominator may complete the application form on behalf of the nominee as long as the nominator vouches for the information provided.

An applicant will be judged only on their interest in international education and their willingness to support Pearson College and UWC. A signed application will be sufficient evidence of interest.

An applicant will not be denied membership because they have no previous history of volunteer support or history of financial donations.

An applicant will not be denied membership because existing members of the Corporation disagree an applicant's opinions related to the College.

Volunteer support to a National Committee that sends or has sent students to the College will be recognized as volunteer support to the corporation under "support for UWC". The applicant will note which National Committee(s) and the corporation will verify those activities.

Donations to a National Committee that sends or has sent students to the College will be recognized as a donation to the corporation under "support for UWC". The applicant will note which National Committee received their donation and the corporation will verify the donations.

The Board may delegate approval of membership applications/ nominations to a designated College employee and any such designated employee will provide a report to each Board meeting on new members, providing the member’s name and membership class.

Transparency in Awarding Membership Class

The corporation should have a membership structure that rewards people who work to help Pearson College and/or UWC, whether giving their time, their skills, their money or anything else of value to the College.

Patron

• A significant history of volunteer support for PC/UWC (Recommend: 10 years; no double-counting for multiple initiatives in a given year) OR
• A regular history of making financial donations (Recommend: 15 years; years do not have to be consecutive; annual amount donated is immaterial) OR
• At least one significant donation to the College (Recommend: $5,000) OR
• At least 10 years of service as a Pearson College employee

Senior Member

• More than 2 or more years of volunteer support for PC/UWC (no double-counting of multiple initiatives in a given year) OR
• A regular history of making financial donations (Recommend: 5 years; years do not have to be consecutive; annual amount donated is immaterial) OR
• Between 2 and 10 years of service as a Pearson College employee

Member

• Currently a Pearson College student (or a student at any other UWC College) OR
• A limited history or no history of volunteer support for PC/UWC (Recommend: less than 2 years of volunteer support) OR
• No history of making financial donations to PC/UWC OR
• Pearson College employee with less than 2 years of service at the College

The Board should have discretion each calendar year to appoint as patrons up to 3 exceptional individuals who are not already members of the Corporation and who do not otherwise meet the membership criteria for the patron class.

Student volunteer work performed for the College, the Corporation or UWC and any financial donations made by a Pearson College student do not count toward the years of volunteer support and financial support need to qualify for Senior Member status. Any student volunteer work and donations should be recognized and rewarded through the College’s Active Citzenship program.

The promotion of an individual from one membership class to the next will be automatic.

Membership in a class cannot be revoked except by พ majority affirmative vote of members at an AGM.

DEMOCRACTIC ACCOUNTABILITY

Any member unable to attend an AGM should have the right to vote by proxy.

All members of the corporation should know have the information necessary to contact individual Board members directly.

Board members should be actively encouraged to communicate with corporation members and expected to respond within a reasonable time to members who initiate contact.