Membership of a professional body, as a legal requirement, can in some professions form the primary formal basis for gaining entry to and setting up practice within the profession ; see licensure.

Membership of the awarding body may or may not be a requirement.

Membership in this new body, according to the bylaws, is open to any congregation that " endorses the Purposes and Principles ", and " affirms the Statement of Doctrine ".

Academics who were elected to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy ( Ireland's highest ranking academic body ) while based at Ulster include: Bertie Ussher ( Classics ), Norman Gibson ( Economics ), Amyan Macfadyen ( Biology ), Bill Watts ( Chemistry ), P G ( Gerry ) McKenna ( Biomedical Sciences, Genetics ), Sean Strain ( Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition ), Marshall McCabe ( Geology ), Peter Flatt ( Biomedical Sciences, Diabetes ), Séamus MacMathúna ( Celtic Studies ), Bob Welch ( Literature ), Vani Borooah ( Economics ), Máréaid Nic Craith ( Celtic Studies ), Graham Gargett ( French ), Helene McNulty ( Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition ), Pól Ó Dochartaigh ( German ), Robert McBride ( French ), Ullrich Kockel ( ethnography ) and John McCloskey ( Geosciences ).

Membership in NEDA is awarded to individuals, not institutions, and all members must apply and be approved the governing body.

The Football Licensing Authority was originally conceived as the body that would implement the Football Membership Scheme in response to the disaster at the Heysel Stadium in 1985.

However, AICPA and MICPA members who join the ICAEW under the Pathways to Membership scheme must maintain their home body membership.

The Bermuda Cricket Board was elected to Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council, the global ruling body for the sport, in 1966.

Membership is open to any woman student in the College.

Membership is made up of anthropologists from around the globe.

Membership is not required to participate in ARIN ’ s policy development process or to apply for Internet number resources.

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

Membership of the organisation is punishable by a sentence of up to ten years imprisonment under UK law.

Membership in NP is clear ; if m does have such a factor then the factor itself is a certificate.

Membership in co-NP is also straightforward: one can just list the prime factors of m, which the verifier can confirm to be valid by multiplication and the AKS primality test.

The report of the Inter-Governmental Group on Criteria for Commonwealth Membership states that English is a symbol of Commonwealth heritage and unity.

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.

Membership in a livery company is expected for individuals participating in the governance of The City, as the Lord Mayor and the Remembrancer.

Membership is managed through a sponsorship system, and each cache is under continual peer review from other members.

Membership is "... open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

# Membership is limited.

Membership of the IPCC is open to all members of the WMO and UNEP.

Membership is limited to " practical Catholic " men

Membership of languages in the same language family is established by comparative linguistics.

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 is by invitation, though individuals are rarely turned away, and attendance at meetings is encouraged on a monthly or fortnightly basis.

Lioness Club Membership is generally for service-minded women, with exceptions of men also becoming Lioness members nowadays.

Membership is limited to established professional cartoonists, with a few exceptions of outstanding persons in affiliated fields.

Membership of the civic nation is considered voluntary, as in Ernest Renan's " daily referendum " formulation in What is a Nation ?.

" Membership total as of Dec 31, 2011 ( including residents and students ) was 217, 490 of approximately 954, 000 practicing physicians.

Membership totals were 40, 223 at the beginning of 2010, with approximately 7900 active members daily.

Graduate students must have a GPA of better than 3. 5 and have completed approximately 30 % of the residence requirements for the Master's Degree .< Ref > Phi Alpha Theta Membership Requirements: http :// www. phialphatheta. org / about / requirements /</ ref >

Membership in the vigintisexvirate was the first step on the cursus honorum, the age when the post could be held appears to have been approximately 30, and there is some evidence that the position was appointed rather than elected.

Membership in the organization has fallen from a high of over 400, 000 in 1999 to official estimates of approximately 105, 000 in summer of 2007.

Membership was about 630 ; approximately 500 were voting members.

Membership is approximately 3500, spread through more than 100 countries.

* In December 2011, National Beef Packing Company, LLC and its major owner U. S. Premium Beef, LLC ( USPB ) announced the company ’ s majority owners have entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Leucadia National Corporation under which Leucadia will acquire approximately 79 percent of the outstanding ownership interests in National Beef.

Membership fell to 390, 000 active members in 2010, with more than 600, 000 retired members covered by pension and medical care plans.

Membership in 1983 was 1, 600, 000 ( including dependants ), accounting for more than one-third of the total population of Israel and about 85 percent of all wage earners.

Membership in the Club is now around 600, with half being in the UK and many in the United States.

Membership is exclusive with a cap around 600.