Member Classifications
Voting Members
Voting Members devote a majority of their time to providing professional agricultural consulting services or technical service support to the public and meet the requirements of training and experience as stated in the WAPAC bylaws and interpreted by the Membership & Recruitment Committee.
Applicants for Voting Membership must meet one of these five requirements:
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High School Diploma & 6 Years' Experience
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Associate's Degree & 3 Years' Experience
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BS Degree & 3 Years' Experience
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MS Degree & 3 Years' Experience
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PhD & 3 Years' Experience
Professional Ag Consultants
Certified by and in good standing with a professional organization possessing a certification program and code of ethics in the field of the person’s expertise. (In cases where no certifying organization exists for a particular discipline, professional agricultural status will be determined on a case by case basis by the Membership & Recruitment Committee.) Professional agricultural consultants devote a majority of their time to providing professional agricultural consulting services or technical service support rather than to sales.
Professional Agricultural Consultants and Academic members may request retired status when they no longer engage in paid professional activities as a primary source of income. Voting privileges are maintained.
Academic Member
Works as an instructor, researcher, extension service member or administrator at a qualified educational institution and is certified and in good standing with a professional organization possessing a certification program and code of ethics in the field of the person’s expertise.
Professional Agricultural Consultants and Academic members may request retired status when they no longer engage in paid professional activities as a primary source of income. Voting privileges are maintained.
Non-Voting Members
Non-voting members do not meet the requirements of Voting Members but wish to participate in all WAPAC events and receive all WAPAC mailings.
Associate Members
Does not meet the requirements of voting membership and/or the majority of his/her income is derived from selling products / applications. (Associate members may request retired status when they no longer engage in the paid activities of Associate members as a primary source of income.)
Provisional Member
Possesses all qualifications required of voting members but lacks education, certification or experience requirements of the discipline. Provisional members are working toward becoming voting members
Sustaining members
An individual, corporation or organization wishing to support WAPAC.
student members
Enrolled in an accredited college or university. Students may remain in this classification for one year following graduation.