{"id":283,"date":"2018-11-27T21:19:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2020-02-08T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T18:19:08","slug":"member-societies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/reference\/member-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Societies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The International Amateur Radio Union (<span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>) is a&nbsp;federation of national associations of certified radio amateurs, representing over 160 countries and separate territories around the world. These Member Societies are elected to <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> membership through a&nbsp;vote of existing member societies. A&nbsp;list of current member societies and key contacts can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru.org\/reference\/member-societies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There can be only one Member Society in each country or separate territory. Member Societies have certain obligations to <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> to:<\/p>\n<p>1) Adequately represent the interests of amateurs throughout the country and\/or separate territory, which it proposes to represent<\/p>\n<p>2) Meet its financial obligations as a&nbsp;member of the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3) Be in a&nbsp;position to legally act in the furtherance of <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> objectives within its country and\/or separate territory<\/p>\n<p>4) Always act in the interests of amateur radio and <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> and<\/p>\n<p>5) Adhere to the Constitutions of both the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> and the respective regional organization.<\/p>\n<div>Member-societies are requested to send updated information (changes in officers, addresses, etc.) to the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Secretary: <a href=\"mailto:secretary@iaru.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"secretary@iaru.org (opens in a new tab)\">secretary@\u200biaru.\u200borg<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Amateur Radio Union (<span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>) is a&nbsp;federation of national associations of certified radio amateurs, representing over 160 countries and separate territories around the world. These Member Societies are elected to <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> membership through a&nbsp;vote of existing member societies. A&nbsp;list of current member societies and key contacts can be found here. There can be&nbsp;only&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":269,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}