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    Alpha Iota Chapter

      Epsilon Sigma Phi

    Your Key to Professional Excellence

    The Extension Professionals' Organization                         Updated April 8, 2009

 

Membership

 We encourage all eligible Extension employees and retirees to become members of ESP. 

 2009 Membership Form/Invoice - Updated for 2009!

Membership Invitation from National ESP

2009 Membership List (as of 3/24/09)

  Eligibility

 Members of ESP are those who have served three or more years in the Cooperative Extension System of the Land Grant Colleges and the United State Department of Agriculture, and who have received a favorable vote by a majority of members present at the annual meeting.

Annual dues for current and past members are $60.00.  Dues for new members are $65.00, which includes costs for the initiation ceremony at the annual meeting.  New Life Member Dues are $250 (paid once at the time of retirement).  Dues can be paid by check, Credit Union account transfer or in-directs.  Download a membership form.

 ESP members from other states can transfer their membership to Alpha Iota Chapter.  

 Membership Classes

 In the Alpha Iota Chapter, membership is divided into three classes:  Member, Life, and Honorary.

 Members are Extension professionals or retired employees of the Cooperative Extension System who are current in their payment of dues.  Persons retired from the Cooperative Extension Service may continue to participate in the activities of the Alpha Iota Chapter.  

 Life members of National Epsilon Sigma Phi are those who have paid a life membership fee after retirement.  Life members will not be required to pay annual Chapter dues. 

 Honorary members are those who have performed some meritorious service in the interest of the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.


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