Members of the “Community”
The "Community" has full, honorary and meritorious members, who are admitted by decision of the Board of Directors, upon their application, and specifically:
a) Full members who can participate are those ordinary members of the Academy of Athens who sign these Statutes, as founding members, and any other ordinary member of the Academy of Athens, provided they apply and accept these Statutes.
b) Honorary members are the Academy of Athens, as a founding member, and the other recognized academies of sciences, arts and letters, provided they apply and accept these Statutes.
c) Meritorious members are the corresponding and honorary members of the Academy of Athens and internationally recognized foreign representatives of the sciences, arts and letters, provided they apply and accept these Statutes.
The application shall be submitted in accordance with the type and shall contain the information specified by decision of the Board of Directors of the "Community", and a statement that the applicant accepts these Statutes and the Internal Regulations of the "Community". The application shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors within a reasonable time and the candidate member shall be admitted by a decision of the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors determines that the candidate member fulfils the conditions set out in the first paragraph of this article and provided that the registration fees are paid.
In the event a candidate’s application is rejected, the decision of the Board of Directors must be adequately justified.
Each member is required to notify the Secretary of the Board of Directors of their identity, home and contact address and email address. Academies are also required to appoint one of their members as their representative to legally represent them in their relations with the "Community", to participate in the Committees (if elected to them) and to attend and vote in the Honorary Member Committee.
