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Apply/Renew AREA/Chapter
Membership
Membership in AREA is separate from chapter membership, as are
dues. We hope you'll join both AREA and one of its local chapters,
and be active in each. Now that AREA is online, you can
apply for membership /renew your membership using the online form.
Once you have completed the online form, print it out and send it to us at AREA, ATTN:
Membership Director, P.O. Box 380614, Duncanville, TX 75138-0614. To
contact chapters for membership or renewal, go to the local
chapter information page.
Here's an explanation of both types of memberships:
AREA MEMBERSHIP
You're eligible for membership in AREA if you are:
- A retired civilian associate of AAFES
- Receiving an annuity under the AAFES Retirement Program
- A former employee of AAFES, including foreign national and
third-country national employees
- A member of the United States Armed Forces who was assigned to
duty with AAFES
- A surviving spouse of any member in the categories listed
above
- An active AAFES employee who desires to be an associate AREA
member
For AAFES Associates who are about to retire, your first year's
membership in AREA is paid for by AAFES. All you have to do is fill
out the membership application in your retirement package and start
to enjoy the benefits of being a member of the national association.
After your initial year's membership expires, you can renew for $15
per year.
When you're a member of the AREA, …
 You’re
eligible to serve as an officer of the local chapter;
You’ll
receive AREA publications;
You
can vote on AREA matters; and
You
are eligible for consideration for AREA's Community Service Awards.
Upon receipt of your membership application and dues payment,
we'll add your name to the mailing list to receive our quarterly
AREA Newsletter. This is one of several AREA
publications that will keep you informed about the
association and its membership and activities.
All AREA dues must be renewed upon the expiration of your
membership dues plan. If dues are not paid for 30 days, on the 31st
day you will be deleted from the association mailing list and
dropped from membership rolls. A member who is deleted from the
rolls for nonpayment of dues may be reinstated upon payment of dues
as spelled out in the
Bylaws.
LOCAL CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP
Each local chapter sets it own membership requirements and dues
requirements. Some require AREA membership as a condition of chapter
membership, and others don’t. Members moving to another
geographical area may have their local chapter membership
transferred to the gaining chapter, and your dues will be adjusted
if there are differences in dues structures between these local
chapters.
Go to the local chapter information
page to find out more about individual chapter
programs.
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