Admission To Membership

Any Serbian Choir desiring to join the Federation must:

1. Be affiliated with a church, which is affiliated with one of the four present Dioceses of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church of the United States of America and Canada, or the New Gracanica Metropolitanate.
2. Make written application directed to the Federation Headquarters accompanied by:
   1. A copy of the applicant choir's proposed By-Laws.
   2. An initiation fee of $50.00.
3. Have the burden of proving to the Executive Board that it:
   1. Is an organization independent in its leadership and management.
   2. Has its own duly elected officers and maintains its own set of minutes, and financial and other records.
   3. Is not a branch or subsidiary, or subservient to any other social, business, religious, political, or fraternal organization.
4. Choose its choir's name from a list of available names submitted to it by the Executive Secretary, provided that the word Serbian must be a part of every member choir's name.

Upon receipt of the written application, the Executive Secretary shall:

1. Submit a list of available names to the applicant choir, consisting of names of three Serbian Poets, and three Serbian Composers, or the name of the Church wherein the applicant choir sings, or will sing, provided that the word Serbian must be a part of every choir's name.
2. Notify the Executive Board of such application.

Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Executive Board, such applicant choir shall be accepted into membership.

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