Swamp sparrow - Photo by Eleanor Tauber

Membership

Membership Requirements. Persons interested in the natural sciences are invited to apply for membership in the Society. Each applicant for membership must be proposed by a Member of the Society. Applicants are considered by the Council and, when approved, are elected by the Members present at the next regular meeting. Members receive the Society's News-Letter and other publications, including the Proceedings. There are several categories of membership:

Active, Supporting, and Life Members vote to elect the Society’s officers and Council members. The Society’s program year begins in September and renewal dues are payable that month. Persons elected in March, April, or May may pay dues for the remainder of the first year at one-half the annual rates. Membership applications are not reviewed during June, July, and August. Membership dues support the activities of the Society, including its meetings, field trips, and the production of the News-Letter and other publications.

The Society’s By-Laws provide that the Council may permit a person who has been an Active or Supporting Member of the Society for at least twenty-five years (continuously) and has reached the age of sixty-five to pay half the annual Active Member dues, upon written application to the Treasurer.

The Society is an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Dues and contributions are tax-exempt as provided by law. Its annual financial report is published in its Proceedings. No officer of the Society receives any salary or honorarium. Periodically the Society grants awards, among them the Eisenmann Medal for the encouragement of interest in birds by amateurs, and elects Honorary Members and Fellows.

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Contributions

Charles A. Urner Memorial Fund, for promotion of field ornithology in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and publication of studies thereon; Great Gull Island Fund, for support of ornithological research conducted on Great Gull Island (jointly with American Museum of Natural History); and Publications Fund, for support of the Society’s publications.

Contributions, whether or not earmarked for a fund, are gratefully accepted and are tax deductible as provided by law. Send check payable to the Society to the Secretary, The Linnaean Society of New York, P.O. Box 4121, New York, NY 10163-4121.