Swamp sparrow - Photo by Eleanor Tauber

Membership

Membership Requirements. Persons interested in the natural sciences are eligible to apply for membership in the Society. Each applicant for membership must be proposed by a Member of the Society. Members receive the Society's News-Letter and other publications, including the Proceedings, as published. There are several categories of membership:

Active, Supporting and Life Members vote to elect the Society's officers and Council members.

The Linnaean Society's year begins on September 1. Renewal dues are payable each year in September, upon receipt of a dues notice usually mailed in the Summer. Persons elected in March, April or May pay dues for the remainder of the first year at one-half the annual rates. Membership applications are not considered during June, July and August (when there are no regular meetings of the Society).

Membership dues support the activities of the Society, including its regular, special and Summer meetings, field trips, publications and other activities. No officer of the Society receives any salary or honorarium.

To see our Membership Application and instructions,

Contributions

Members' contributions to the Society - whether or not earmarked for one of the Society's special funds - are gratefully accepted. The Society has been organized as an unincorporated not-for-profit association and donations to the Society qualify, as permitted by law, as charitable contributions under the Federal tax code.

To make a contribution, please send a check payable to The Linnaean Society of New York to the Secretary, The Linnaean Society of New York, 15 West 77th St., New York, NY 10024.