MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION FORM for NEW and RENEWING MEMBERS
Please complete and return this form with your dues payment by September 1, 2008 to:
Worcester Chapter American Guild of Organists
P.O. Box 20208, Worcester, MA 01602

Name____________________________________________

Membership category (check one):
Regular Voting Member: $88 ____
Special Voting Member (65 and over, under 21, or disabled): $64 ____
Student Voting Member (full-time, with valid school ID): $36 ____
Partner Voting Member (one TAO per household): $64 ____
Dual Voting Member (primary chapter: _______________________): $35 ____
Student Dual Member (primary chapter: _______________________): $14 ____
Chapter Friend (non voting – minimum donation $15): $ ______

I would like to make an additional donation to the Scholarship Fund in the amount of $ ______

Total enclosed: $ ______

Check here if you here renewing your membership and there are no changes
to the information listed in the current yearbook: _____

Fill in the following information if you are a new member or if you wish to make any changes
to the information listed in the current yearbook:

Street Address _____________________________________________________________________
City__________________________________________ State________ Zip ____________________
Home Phone_____________________________Work Phone________________________________
Cell Phone_______________________________Fax Number________________________________
E mail____________________________________________________________________________

Position(if applicable – title followed by name of church, synagogue, school, college/university, substitute)
__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Substitute(please indicate if you wish to be listed in the Chapter’s directory of substitutes)
            Organist_____ Choir Director_____  Organist/Choir Director_____

Please indicate any AGO certification and/or academic degrees you wish to be listed: ___________________________________________________
(for example: SPC, CAGO, AAGO, FAGO, B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Ph.D.)

Signature_________________________________________Date______________________________
Your signature indicates your agreement to abide by the AGO Code of Ethics as stated on the back of this form.

Please use the second page of this form to indicate any suggestions you wish to make on any aspect of the
Worcester Chapter AGO’s work, publications, programs, events, and services, and if there are any committees
on which you would like to serve.

Preamble: The purpose of the American Guild of Organists is to promote the organ in its historic and evolving roles, to encourage excellence in the performance of organ and choral music, and to provide a forum for mutual support, inspiration, education, and certification of Guild members. Voting members are entitled to enjoy the privileges and are expected to accept the responsibilities of membership in the Guild. Members shall be considered equally for Guild offices and participation in Guild activities. These are the rules that shall be considered binding upon all voting members in good standing.

RULE 1. Members shall promote good working relationships within the American Guild of Organists and shall respect the employment of colleagues. Members shall address differences between themselves and other members by following the procedures outlined in the Discipline.

RULE 2. Members shall not seek or appear to be seeking employment for themselves, a student, or a colleague, in a position held by someone else. Members shall apply for employment only for a position which the employer, with the knowledge of the incumbent musician, has officially and publicly declared vacant by announcement of the vacancy.

RULE 3. In cases pending under the Procedures or in cases where the National Council has determined that a position has been made vacant by wrongful termination of a member of the American Guild of Organists, members shall not seek or accept regular or permanent employment for themselves, a student, or colleague at that Institution until the National Council is satisfied that differences between the Guild and the Institution have been resolved. Interim services may be provided for a period of 90 days.

RULE 4. Before accepting an engagement for a wedding, funeral, or other service, members shall obtain the approval of the incumbent musician. In cases where this engagement has been requested by a third party, it is appropriate for the third party to offer the incumbent his/her customary fee. It is the responsibility of members to inform the third party of this rule.

RULE 5. Members shall conduct professional activities with truthfulness, honesty and integrity, and shall maintain sensitivity in matters of a personal or confidential nature.

RULE 6. Members shall not discriminate against others on the basis of race, national origin, age, religious affiliation, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or medical condition (including but not limited to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).