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"(3) Fellows, who shall be elected only from the grade of Senior 

 Member. Fellows shall have completed at least ten years' work in 

 some branch of forestry, including at least five years in responsible 

 directive positions or in distinctive individual work of a fruitful char- 

 acter. 



"(4) Associate Members, who shall l)e persons engaged in lines of 

 work related to forestry and who have shown substantial interest in 

 American or Canadian forestry. 



"(5) Honorary Members, who shall be chosen from those who have 

 rendered distinguished service to forestry either in America or abroad, 

 and from professional foresters of achievement whose field of work 

 lies outside of the United States and its possessions and the Dominion 

 of Canada. 



"(fi) Corresponding Members, who shall be foresters not residents 

 of the United States, or its possessions, or of Canada. They shall have 

 the qualifications requisite for Senior Members, and shall be entitled 

 to all privileges of the Society except voting." 



MEMBERSHIP POLICY OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 



The May, 1919, issue of the Journal of Forestry contained a 

 statement indicating the tentative policy adopted by the Executive 

 Council in applying these constitutional requirements to the election of 

 members of various grades, with the request for comment and criti- 

 cism. During the past year a thorough review of this statement was 

 made by the Council in the light of its own experience and opinions 

 and of the discouragingly few comments received. As a result of this 

 review the following revised statement of policy has been prepared and 

 will be followed by the Council in the handling of admissions until 

 further notice : 



1. Members and Senior Members must be foresters and must be 

 actually engaged in forest work at the time of election to the Society. 

 Distinction between the two grades is based entirely on experience and 

 achievements, the fundamental requirements as to training and char- 

 acter of work being the same for the two grades. 



2. "Foresters" are (a) Men who have completed not less than four 

 years of college work leading to a degree in forestry, or its equivalent 

 in technical forestry training; or (b) Men without collegiate training 

 in forestry who have completed at least three years' work of a cred- 

 itable character in some branch of forestry, and who have acquired a 



