New Membership Application Process
Members are encouraged to invite interested people to attend meetings to learn about Perennial Planters. An interested candidate must attend two meetings before the proposer can send an application to the candidate.
The sponsor or endorser will send the candidate an application to be completed (see below). It is the sponsor's responsibility to send the application to the board. This can be done by email, USPS mail or hand delivery. The sponsor and the endorser shall also submit accompanying letters when presenting a membership application. Additional letters on behalf of the candidate from other Club members of any membership classification will be welcomed by the Board. The letters and application can be emailed to [email protected] with the candidate's name as the subject line.
The Vice President for Membership will then propose the name of the new candidate at the next Board meeting.
The candidate’s application must be unanimously approved by the Board. If approved, the application will then be presented to the Club membership for consideration and voting. The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present or responding is necessary to elect a new member.
After being elected to membership, the candidate will be sent a letter by the Board informing them that their application has been accepted.
The proposed new member shall not belong to any other active GCA-affiliated winter garden club at the time of her acceptance to active membership in Perennial Planters.
Membership Application:
PDF to print.
- Club members may sponsor only one candidate for membership and endorse one other during any program year.
- A candidate’s application must be sponsored by one member and endorsed by one other, all of whom shall have been members for at least one year, and to each of whom the candidate is personally known.
The sponsor or endorser will send the candidate an application to be completed (see below). It is the sponsor's responsibility to send the application to the board. This can be done by email, USPS mail or hand delivery. The sponsor and the endorser shall also submit accompanying letters when presenting a membership application. Additional letters on behalf of the candidate from other Club members of any membership classification will be welcomed by the Board. The letters and application can be emailed to [email protected] with the candidate's name as the subject line.
The Vice President for Membership will then propose the name of the new candidate at the next Board meeting.
The candidate’s application must be unanimously approved by the Board. If approved, the application will then be presented to the Club membership for consideration and voting. The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present or responding is necessary to elect a new member.
After being elected to membership, the candidate will be sent a letter by the Board informing them that their application has been accepted.
The proposed new member shall not belong to any other active GCA-affiliated winter garden club at the time of her acceptance to active membership in Perennial Planters.
Membership Application:
PDF to print.