General Placement Information
Active Membership Requirements
Each Active member is required to complete the following membership requirements each League year:
a. Pay annual dues
b. Complete a placement
c. Attend five (5) general membership meetings, or JLM Board-approved substitutes
d. Work one (1) shift for a JLM fundraiser or community project OR buy one (1) ticket to any of the following JLM fundraisers: golf tournament (player ticket); South Florida Business Journal Fine Wine Competition, or WWMD luncheon.
Advisory Status
To qualify, you must have completed at least three (3) years as an active [ your first year as an active was 2005 or earlier]. Advisory status is available to members for a maximum of two years during their active service, except as noted below.
a. Meeting Option - members are excused from fulfilling a placement, but must fulfill all other membership requirements.
b. Placement Option - members are excused from attending general membership meetings, but must fulfill all other membership requirements. The Placement Option is available indefinitely to members eligible to go sustaining. The Placement Option is not available to members serving on certain committees as determined by the Board.
Please note that ALL Advisory Status members must:
a. Pay annual dues; and
b. Complete the shift/ticket requirement.
Leaves of Absence
1. T.E.S. (Temporary Excuse from Service): Any active member may submit to the Placement Chair a request for a TES for reasons such as reasons for such a request are death of a family member, maternity leave, divorce, work-related problems or health situations. Written requests must be sent to the Placement Chair and must be approved by the Board of Directors.
A TES may be granted for up to three (3) months with a possible extension of up to three (3) additional months.
Members granted a TES shall be excused from placement obligations, and meeting attendance for the duration of the TES only. Please note that members granted a TES are required to:
a. Pay annual dues;
b. Complete the shift/ticket requirement.
2. Sabbatical: Written requests must be sent to the Placement Chair and must be approved by the Board of Directors.
Members granted a sabbatical will be excused from all membership requirements for the league year, except annual dues payment.
No more than one (1) sabbatical may be taken within a five-year period. Please note that no more than 5% of actives may be on Sabbatical in any one year and requests will be approved on a first-requested-first-granted basis.
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