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o A Distinguished Master Gardener shall have completed one thousand(1,000) service hours authorized by the Association and is entitled to wear agold badge.o A Distinguished Grand Master Gardener shall have completed onethousand, five hundred (1,500) service hours authorized by the Associationand is entitled to wear a purple badge.o A Platinum Master Gardener shall have completed two thousand (2,000)service hours authorized by the Association and is entitled to wear aplatinum badge.o A Diamond Master Gardener shall have completed five thousand (5,000)service hours authorized by the Association and is entitled to wear a whitebadge with green lettering and an embedded crystal.Membership Requirements:o Certified Master Gardener (C): Completed twenty (20) service hours authorized by the Associationper year Completed twenty (20) education hours authorized by theAssociation per year Attended four (4) monthly meetings of the Association per yearo Associate Master Gardener (A): Completed ten (10) service hours authorized by the Association peryear Completed ten (10) education hours authorized by the Associationper year Attended two (2) monthly meetings of the Association per yearo Emeritus Master Gardener (E): Exempt from annual service, education and attendance requirements
Miscellaneous:o A card will be sent to a Master Gardener who becomes ill or has a death inthe immediate family.o Following the death of a Master Gardener, a memorial brick will be placedin the Anniversary Garden.o All Master Gardeners and students are eligible to participate in Associationtours.o Individuals who wish to transfer membership to the Association shall do soin accordance with the Transfer Policy, which is administered by theRecording Committee’s Transfer/Reinstatement Subcommittee.Operational Guidelines:o Fiscal Year – January 1 through December 31o The Association’s Standing Committee and Special Committee Chairs shallbe appointed by January of the respective fiscal year.o The Nominating Committee shall be appointed during the January Boardmeeting. The committee will solicit nominations for officers during theSeptember Association meeting. The committee shall conduct the electionduring the November Association meeting.o The Audit Committee shall be appointed during the January Board meeting.The committee will submit its preliminary report during the February Boardmeeting with final report presented to membership during the MarchAssociation meeting.o All Standing and Special Committee Chairs shall submit their proposedbudgets to the Finance Committee by mid-January. The FinanceCommittee will present a proposed operating budget to the Board by theJanuary Board meeting. The Board will adopt the Fiscal Year Budget duringtheir February Board meeting and will present the adopted budget to themembership during the March Association meeting.Normal operatingexpenditures required prior to the approval of the annual budget will beapproved by the Association’s Treasurer.o Only Standing and Special Committee Chairs have the authority to approveexpenditures for their respective committees.o Each Standing and Special Committee Chair must maintain a record of thecommittee’s yearly activities. The outgoing chairs will pass these recordson to the new committee chairs at the beginning of the fiscal year, or uponvacating their positions.
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