Membership Terms.

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP

Founder Member
Founder Members are those who have been associated with CITLoB since the time of its incorporation. This Membership is not transferable. Founder Members shall have one voting right and shall be eligible for membership of the CITLoB Executive Committee.

Executive Member
Executive Members are those who have at least 5 years of experience in the field of interpreting, translation, localisation or language technology services and have a turnover of more than Rs. 2 crore annually. Executive Members shall have one voting right each and shall be eligible for membership of the CITLoB Executive Committee.

Associate Members (Language Technology, Language Service Provider [LSP], Academic Institution, Publishing House Members)
Associate Members are those who have at least 2 years of experience in the field of interpreting, translation, localisation or language technology services and have a turnover of more than Rs.25 Lakhs annually. Associate Members shall not have any voting rights but shall enjoy all the privileges of being a member of the association.

A. The Association has two (2) classes of membership: the Life Members, the Associate Members (all hereinafter referred to as the "Members").

B. Requirements for Membership. Subject to approval by the Board of Directors, Membership shall be open to all legal entities who are related to the translation industry, are interested in the purposes of the Association and who meet such other criteria for membership. This includes payment of dues, signing the Code of Conduct in force, as well as providing any additional information about the legal entity as required by the CITLoB. Any eligible legal entity desiring to become a Member of the Association may qualify to do so by signing and filing a written membership application in such form as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and submitting payment for dues, signing the Code of Conduct in force, as well as providing any additional information about the legal entity as required by the board. The Board of Directors can reject an application by a majority vote.

C. Each Member will communicate in the application form the name of the natural person enabled to officially represent the Member in Association matters, in particular elections (the "Member Representative"). For voting purposes, a Member may only have one (1) authorised Member Representative named at any particular time unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors.

D. Transferability of Membership. Membership in the Association may not be transferred by sale, assignment or otherwise.

E. Termination. A Member may resign its Membership at any time by giving written notice to the Association effective on the date of receipt unless the resignation states otherwise. Except for resignation or termination due to failure to pay annual dues, a Member of the Association may be excluded by a two thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors present, represented or participating in the meeting for the following reasons:

1 – action injurious to the reputation and standing of the language services industry, or the Association, or other members, or

2 – failure to continuously meet the qualifications of the Member's particular class of membership, or

3 – in case of serious breach by that Member of the provisions of these Articles of Association or the By-laws, or

4 – other reasonable cause.

The membership will automatically terminate if the Member does not pay its dues in spite of the notification of a payment reminder by registered letter