Membership Statuses

Upon initiation, candidates automatically become Active members of the Sorority.  Active members are eligible to participate in all aspects  and levels of the local, district, and national chapter.  To maintain active status, a member must fulfill the following conditions:

1. Active members must be involved in a University Ensemble in the Spring and Fall Semesters.

2. Active members must complete all financial obligations set by the local and national chapter.

3. Active members must maintain compliance with the standards of participation and attendance as set by the chapter.

4. Active members must maintain compliance with academic standards set by their chapter.

Alumni membership status is granted to those members in good standing who have completed their undergraduate work, terminated their university affiliation, or entered graduate school.  Alumni members may attend all sorority meetings and activities, but are non-voting members.  If an Alumni member fulfills all of the requirements for active membership and wishes to be reinstated as such, the members may petition the chapter.  A 2/3 vote of the chapter is necessary for the alumni to be reinstated.

Life membership is available to alumni members and to active members in their last year of membership upon payment of the Life Membership fee of $250 and completion of the required paperwork with National Headquarters.  Life members receive the same benefits as alumni members.

Members who remain enrolled in school but do not pay their annual dues are considered inactive, and are in bad standing with the local, district, and national chapter.  Inactive members have no membership rights.

Honorary membership is the highest honor paid by the sorority.  It is extended to those individuals who have shown outstanding ability, accomplishments, or devotion to the best interests of the sorority.  Honorary members are entitled to the same privileges as life members.

Conditional status is an option for active members who are unable to participate in an ensemble due to a work and/or class conflict.  Conditional status may be granted by the chapter in response to a written request from the member, and may be used for one year only.  All other obligations must be fulfilled in order to maintain good standing in the local and national organizations.  If at the end of a one year period, the member has not regained active status or become a life or alumni member, he/she will be listed as inactive with the chapter.

Associate membership in Tau Beta Sigma is available to those members of Kappa Kappa Psi who transfer to a university where there is only a TBS chapter, and vice-versa.  To associate with a different chapter at their new school, the member must be educated in the history and traditions of the chapter.  Associate members are entitled to all the benefits of active membership.

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