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SECTION 3 — MEMBERSHIP DUES, TERMINATION AND
DISCIPLINE

3.01 Membership Dues

Members shall be notified in writing by mail or electronic mail of the membership dues one (1)
month before the end of the calendar year and, if any are not paid within one (1) calendar month
of the membership renewal date, the members in default shall automatically cease to be
members of the Society. Membership dues will be determined by the board and voted upon at
the annual general meeting.

3.02 Termination of Membership

A membership in the Society is terminated when:

a) The member dies, or, in the case of a member that is an institution, a group, a corporation or
a business, such entity is dissolved, suspended or expelled as described in Section 3.03;

b) The member resigns by delivering a written resignation to the president of the board of the
Society in which case such resignation shall be effective on the date specified in the
resignation;

c) The member is expelled in accordance with Section 3.03 below or is otherwise terminated in
accordance with the articles or by-laws;

d) The member’s term of membership expires; or

f) The Society is liquidated or dissolved under the Act.

Subject to the articles, upon any termination of membership, the rights of the member, including
any rights in the property of the Society, automatically cease to exist.

3.03 Discipline of Members

The board shall have authority to suspend or expel any member from the Society for any one or
more of the following grounds:

a) Violating any provision of the articles, by-laws, or written policies of the Society;

b) Carrying out any conduct which may be detrimental to the Society as determined by the
board in its sole discretion;

c) For any other reason that the board in its sole and absolute discretion considers to be
reasonable, having regard to the purpose of the Society.

In the event that the board determines that a member should be expelled or suspended from
membership in the Society, the president, or such other officer as may be designated by the
board, shall provide twenty (20) days notice of expulsion to the member and shall provide
reasons for the proposed expulsion. The member may make written submissions to the
president, or such other officer as may be designated by the board, in response to the notice
received within such twenty (20) day period. In the event that no written submissions are

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