The Association’s Membership Guidelines make provision for
Individual or Corporate categories of membership with Life and Honorary
awarded
categories.
All personal membership categories enjoy the same rights and benefits.
Individual
The
RMAA offers four (4) sub-categories of Individual Membership.
- Professional
- Student
- Affiliate
- Retired
Professional
There are three (3) levels of Professional Membership –
- Associate
Member (ARMA),
- Chartered Member (MRMA) and
- Fellow (FRMA).
Criteria is set and reviewed annually and members are invited to
submit an application to upgrade their status within the RMAA.
There are two ways of upgrading your status:
- Experience Only; or
- Experience and Qualifications.
Guidelines as to the requirements for Professional Membership
can be found here or by contacting
the National
Office.
A person may be admitted as a Professional member who:
- Meets the criteria within the Professional Status Upgrade
Guidelines;
- Is interested in promoting the objects of the Association,
and is working in a related field of Records Management.
Post-nominals and voting rights apply at this level of membership.
A list of the members that have been honoured with Fellow Membership is available here.
The application should be submitted on the Application
Form and
be accompanied by the annual membership subscription. Please refer
to the the current membership fees found here.
Note: A professional member cannot be a nominee of a corporate membership.
Student
A person residing who is enrolled as a full-time student in
a RMAA Recognised Records Management or related course may
be admitted as
a Student member upon application. The application shall
be submitted on the Application Form and be accompanied by
the annual subscription – demonstration
of being a full time student must accompany the application.
Note: Successful completion of your studies at Certificate 4 level
or above will qualify you for advancement to higher levels of RMAA
membership.
No post-nominals or voting rights apply at this level of concessional
membership.
A substantially reduced RMAA annual membership subscription applies
for full time students. Student membership for the first year in 2006/2007 will be FREE. Please refer
to the the current membership fees found here.
Affiliate
A person may be admitted as an Affiliate member who is:
- interested in promoting the objects of the Association,
and is working in a related field of Records Management;
or
- interested in promoting the objects of the Association,
is employed full time in the Records Management field
but is not qualified to
be a Professional Member (Associate Member, Member
or Fellow)
No post-nominals or voting rights apply at this level of membership.
The application should be submitted on the Application
Form and
be accompanied by the annual membership subscription. Please refer
to the the current membership fees found here.
Retired or Unemployed
This level of membership is for those who have held membership in
one of the preceding sub-categories, and wish to suspend their full
membership whilst still maintaining contact with the Association.
Please refer
to the the current membership fees found here.
Corporate
This
level of membership is for those organisations, companies or trade
suppliers who are working in the industry, interested in developments
within the profession, or interested in promoting improved information
and records management services.
Each Corporate Membership is entitled to nominees who receive membership
benefits whilst in the employ of the corporate membership.
Corporate membership is available to all organisations involved with
or interested in Records Management services sector. Current members
include State, Commonwealth and Local Government organisations, Archival
Institutes, Banks, Accounting Firms, Universities, Private firms, consultants
and suppliers.
RMAA membership provides the staff within your organisation the opportunity
to develop and maintain their technical knowledge of the industry.
RMAA membership allows individuals within organisations to keep abreast
of changes in the industry and ensure your organisation is compliant
with various Acts, for example the introduction of the Privacy Act,
BAS and International Standard on Records Management.
Note: A professional member cannot be a nominee of a corporate membership.
Vendor
This is identical to Corporate membership but offers additional advertising benefits such as free advertising on the RMAA online Product Directory and in the annual Product Directory liftout (May InfoRMAA Quarterly), a free 1/8th page ad in one edition of InfoRMAA Quarterly and a website link to your business on the RMAA website.
