SPD membership is available to all members of the AAS.   If you are already a member of the AAS and want to become a member of the SPD, just add the division dues to your regular annual AAS dues payment. Division dues for Full, Associate, and Junior AAS members are $15.   Dues are waived for Emeritus AAS members.   If you are not currently a member of the AAS but would like to join, information is available at: http://www.aas.org.

How to Join #2: SPD Membership as an Affiliate

Affiliate membership in the SPD is provided for persons who are not members of the AAS.   Affiliate members have all the rights, privileges, and obligations of full members, but they may not vote or hold office in the division.   To apply, please fill out the application for Affiliate Membership, keeping in mind that:

• You must be a member of another recognized professional organization with interests related to solar physics.   The SPD Committee has identified the following acceptable organizations (but is willing to consider others):

  American Chemical Society	American Geophysical Union
  American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics	American Meteorological Society
  American Physical Society	European Astronomical Society
  European Geosciences Union	Institute of Electrical, Electronics Engineers
  International Astronomical Union	Japanese Astronomical Society
  Optical Society of America	Royal Astronomical Society
  Societé Française des Spec. d'Astronomie

• You must be sponsored by two Full or Emeritus (not Affiliate or Junior) members of the SPD.   You can check the status of your potential sponsors at http://www.ovsa.njit.edu/SPD; type in the name and made sure there is an F (Full) or an E (Emeritus) listed next to the membership code.   If you choose to apply by e-mail, please indicate the names and e-mail addresses of your sponsors, and ask them to send a brief e-mail to the SPD Secretary (secretary (at) spd (dot) aas (dot) org) to confirm their willingness to sponsor you; their messages should also confirm that you are a member of the listed professional organization and include a sentence or two describing your research and how it is relevant to Solar Physics.

• You must pay Affiliate member dues.   Send a check or money order for $30 payable to AAS/Solar Physics Division.   After you are accepted as an SPD member, dues for subsequent years will be billed directly by the AAS.

• Send all application material to the American Astronomical Society:

Name:	__________________________	Highest Degree:	__________________________
Current Institution:	__________________________	Date Obtained:	__________________________
Mailing Address:	__________________________	Phone Number:	__________________________
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	__________________________	E-mail:	__________________________

I hereby apply for Affiliate membership in the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society. I am a member of the following related professional society:

Some examples of my contributions to solar physics are: (please provide titles and publication data for one or more papers, or other relevant evidence to support membership)

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Date	Signature

Nomination by two Full or Emeritus members of the SPD:

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Name (please print)	Name (please print)
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Institution	Institution
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Signature and date	Signature and date