Membership in the party was as much a prerequisite for admission to colleges and for government jobs as in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin or Nikita Krushchev.

Membership in guilds was an indirect form of citizenship in that it helped their members succeed financially.

Membership was estimated at 40, 000.

Membership had its risks, however, especially in the 1930s when the party was subjected to purges under Joseph Stalin.

Membership in the party was not open.

Membership of the Dopolavoro was voluntary, but it had high participation because of its nonpolitical nature.

For example, a Dinosaur is a member who was active before the first Worldcon ( World Science Fiction Convention ) held on July 4, 1939, while Associate Membership requires provable activity in fandom for more than three decades.

His book about his discovery was printed in Leipzig in 1917, under the title The Language of the Hittites ; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Linguistic Family.

Johnson was elected by the ITU Membership to the directorship for a 4-year term in November 2006 and was reelected for a second term starting January 2011.

Membership was reduced to 17, 000.

The loyalty card concept was used by some co-operatives to restore dividend payments at the turn of the 21st century, notably by the CWS's " Dividend " card, which was replaced by The Co-operative Membership card program, adopted by several larger co-operatives.

Membership in the party was opened to anyone prepared to pay a token fee.

Membership was restricted to Protestants between the ages of 16 and 60.

Membership in both the Bolshevik and Menshevik ranks diminished from 1907 to 1908 and the number of people taking part in strikes in 1907 was 26 percent of the figure during the year of the revolution in 1905, it dropped in 1908 to 6 percent of that figure, and in 1910 it was 2 percent of that figure.

Kuhn later recollected that the Charter Membership was a " brouhaha ( bordering on a flame fest )" and took no action.

Membership was mandatory for all artists in the Reich.

Membership of the senatorial order was a prerequisite to attain the standard succession of offices known as the cursus honorum, and to gain entry into the Roman Senate.

Membership was opened to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.

Membership in the Shakers dwindled in the late 19th century for several reasons: people were attracted to cities and away from the farms ; Shaker products could not compete with mass-produced products that became available at a much lower cost ; and Shakers could not have children, so adoption was a major source of new members.

Membership in the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers ' Association, formed in 1919, was limited to licensees under his patents.

Membership was selected with regard to equitable geographical distribution.

Membership might include some benefits such as billing, and dialing the default 00 prefix instead of the need to dial the specific prefix of the company ( as it was done in the past, when Bezeq had a monopoly in this field ).

Membership of Third Trinity was originally confined to Old Etonians and Old Westminsters.

Membership was confined to the governing bodies of cricket within the British Empire where Test cricket was played.

Bishop Haik Hovsepian and the denomination he represented, the Assemblies of God, were ordered to comply with the following directives: ( 1 ) Church services could not be held in Persian, the official language of Iran ; ( 2 ) Church members must be issued membership cards and produce them upon attendance ; ( 3 ) Membership lists, complete with addresses, must be handed over to governmental authorities ; ( 4 ) Meetings must be confined to Sunday, not Friday the officially recognized day of worship ; ( 5 ) Only members could attend Sunday meetings ; and ( 6 ) New members could only be added to the membership and admitted to meetings once the Ministry of Information and Islamic Guidance had been notified.

Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene is confined to BOHS members who hold a recognized professional qualification in occupational hygiene.

Membership of any trade union is confined to only those who are employees of a particular industry, establishment, trade and occupation.

Membership was originally confined to the church classes but was soon expanded.

Membership of Nereus was originally confined to members of The Amsterdam Student Corps, also ‘ The Corps ’.

Membership in the party ultimately became a privilege, with a small subset of the general population of Party becoming an elite class or nomenklatura in Soviet society.

Membership in the National Council placed Ross among the ruling elite of the Cherokee leadership.

Membership fees are sometimes discounted for elite members of an airline's frequent flyer program, and may often be paid using miles.

Membership in a branch or group within a language family is established by shared innovations ; that is, common features of those languages that are not attested in the common ancestor of the entire family.

Membership in a moving group implies a common origin for these stars in an open cluster that has since become gravitationally unbound.

" Membership in a language minority group includes " persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish heritage.

Membership or status in a social group may depend on having specific values for certain attributes.

Membership in the most private of these groups is offered only after the group has already decided that the individual qualifies to join the Krewe.

Membership in the New York City group is by invitation only, based on relationships with current and past members, and one's involvement in the contemporary art world.

Membership in Marist Singers entitles the students to also participate in Chamber Singers ( by audition ), Gospel Choir, Freshman Women's Choir, Time Check ( Marist's male a cappella group ), and Sirens ( Marist's female a cappella group ), and Chapel Choir ( which sings at masses ).

# Membership dues shall be fixed by the individual groups ; each group shall, however, submit 15 Swiss Francs for each of its members to the central leadership of the Society at the Goetheanum.

Membership of the group skyrocketed as a result, going from 10, 000 members to 32, 000 members by 22 July 2009.

Membership of the coalition changes frequently as individuals leave the group as it passes beyond the boundary of their activity space, or the activity ends or changes, as when the breeding season begins.

Membership in the new group was quickly ratified by the ILLA, the KPO, POUM, PSOP, the ILP and the Archaio-Marxists.

Membership is managed according to the legal organization of the group, which may range from an Unincorporated Associations to various forms of Corporate bodies.

* Membership in a particular social group.

Membership was automatic with any one year subscription to such titles and came with a certificate of membership plus a group portrait of the most prominent non-Disney characters published by Dell.

Membership in the Steel Army is now even international with members joining the group from Sunderland and Surrey in the U. K., as well as Bray, in the Republic of Ireland, who will be following the Riverhounds from abroad.

Membership type is far more stable over time than membership in an individual clique: isolates generally remain socially disengaged, liaisons remain equally consistent, and “ group members ” frequently switch from one clique to another, but typically remain group members over time.

Membership fees are paid to both head office and the local group.

The HHA offers a Friends ' Membership for people wishing to support the HHA's aims and enjoy free visits to HHA houses open to the public, special group tours of houses which are not normally open and four issues a year of the Association's magazine, " Historic House ".

Membership in ATHE ’ s Performance Studies focus group reaches 450.

Membership is open to everyone aged 16 and over, provided they share the values and principles upon which the group was founded.

Membership is managed by the assent of the group.

Membership in the NSKK did not require any knowledge of automobiles and the group was known to accept persons for membership without drivers ' licenses.