Life Membership may be offered by the National Executive Committee (NEC) from time to time to AACAI members.

Considerations to be taken into account may include, but not necessarily be limited to, such factors as:

• Length of membership;
• Type of membership (i.e. Full or Associate);
• Length of Service to the Association (either on the NEC, State Chapters or other Committees or roles);
• Contribution to the Archaeological Heritage Industry

Nominations may come from the membership (in writing to the NEC), or be proposed by a member of the NEC.

Nominations for life membership will be considered on a case by case basis by the NEC.

In their consideration of Life Membership nominations the NEC will take into account the proportion of members who fall into the Life Membership category, so as to ensure the latter remains a reasonably small proportion.

Those members offered life membership will be advised of their new status by the President following an NEC decision. In addition, an announcement will be sent out to the membership, and the new status will be noted in the Membership Secretary’s annual report to be submitted at the AGM.

Life Members will continue to appear in the other sections of the website membership pages, i.e. if they are a Full Member they will appear in both the Full Member and Life Member listings.

All decisions will be at the discretion of the NEC and the NEC decision is final.