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b) Adhering Members:

There may be several Adhering Members in the same Country.
Adhering Members fall under three categories: Regional or Local, who shall
respectively pay a membership fee (R) or (L) and Individual Members who are
the persons, professional photographers or amateurs affiliated with an
Operational Member for as long as they maintain the status of affiliates.
Individual adhering members pay no fee.

c) Honorary Members:
On proposal of the Directory Board, and on an exceptional basis, the
Congress may grant an ‘Honorary Membership’, for life to any person having
contributed exceptionally to the development of FIAP. Honorary Members pay
no fee. Persons having served on the Directory Board for at least two
mandates are automatically appointed Honorary Members; they shall bear the
honorary title of their highest mandate. The Honorary Member title may be
withdrawn by the Directory Board in case of grave dereliction to the detriment
of FIAP.

2.1.1. Operational Members or Adhering Members who organise a Fair will pay an
additional Patronage fee (P) to FIAP.

2.1.2. Adhering Individual Members may request a FIAP Photographer's Card (valid
for life). The request must be addressed to FIAP through an Operational
Member, when possible. This card is mandatory for applicants to FIAP
photographic distinctions.

2.2. Rights and obligations of Members

2.2.1. Operational Members are represented in each Country by a Liaison Officer
appointed by the Operational Member. Local or Regional Adhering
Members are represented by a FIAP contact person.

2.2.2. Operational Members and Regional and Local Members will periodically
receive information from FIAP.

2.2.3. On their part, Operational Members undertake to promote all the initiatives of
FIAPand those of other Operational Members affiliated withFIAP and to meet
the following obligations towards FIAP:

a) produce a copy of their statutes and regulations, publications and important
communiqués;

b) submit the list of their directors, with mention of the name of the Liason
Officer in charge of corresponding with FIAP;

c) periodically inform FIAP of their activities and send a copy of each edition of
their magazine or newsletter to its library;

d) pay the annual fee before 30 April.