Fellows and Life Members

Life Member

Fellow

What is a Life Member?

A Life Member is a person honoured for highly valued services to the Association elected as a Life Member by resolution of the Board. A Life Member shall have all the rights and privileges of a financial Individual Member and shall be subject to all the duties of an Individual Member except those of paying subscriptions and levies.

What is a Fellow?

A Fellow Member is a person recognised for that person's experience and high standing in the research and associated industries elected as a Fellow Member by resolution of the Board following a recommendation from an Entitled Member (fully paid-up current member) with the support of at least two existing Fellows. A Fellow Member shall have all the rights and privileges of a financial Individual Member (RANZ Constitution Rule 2.2(C)).

Criteria

The contribution of the candidate should have benefited the industry as a whole, through exposure of ideas and techniques in the public domain, by expansion of the industry into new areas for broader results rather than pure personal gain, or through contribution to the cohesiveness and perceived importance of the industry. These types of contribution should be considered in the fields below:

Shared practical expertise
Ethical leadership
Innovative thought and practice
Promotion and increased acceptance of the industry
Economic impact on the industry
Support of the industry through leadership roles with the Association

Anyone proposed to be recognised as a Fellow or proposed to be honoured by being recognised as a Life Member must consent to becoming a member.

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