ARTICLE III
Membership

SECTION 1. The regular membership of the Class will automatically include all graduates of the USMA, Class of 1979. In addition, it may include Associate and Honorary Members.

a. Regular Members shall be all USMA graduates from the year 1979 who are officially recorded by the Association of Graduates, to include those cadets who were reassigned to the Class from a higher class and who subsequently completed the requirements for graduation.

b. Associate Members shall include those persons who were members of the Class of 1979 at the time of acceptance of the Class into the Corps of Cadets but who are not Regular Members. Associate Members must be nominated by a Regular Member and approved by the Executive Board, otherwise referred to as the Board.

c. Honorary Members shall consist of all persons to whom the Executive Board has offered membership and who have accepted this offer. The Board must have a majority vote to approve an offer for Honorary Membership.

SECTION 2. Regular members shall have all rights guaranteed them by this Constitution.

SECTION 3. Associate and Honorary members shall have all rights of Regular Members, except the right to vote in Class matters.

SECTION 4. Resignation. Members of the Class may withdraw from this association, if desired. Resignation will be effective upon receipt by the Board of a letter from a member, the subject of which shall be "Request to Resign from the USMA Class of 1979."