I'm very pleased to say that the HWA Referendum that I help write with fellow members A.J. Klein and Michaelbrent Collings on including self - published work for
membership qualification for both Active and Associate members has passed with a 70 % to 28 % margin in favor, with 2 % abstaining from the vote.
If a member moves up a status level after 1 April 2018 then the
rolling membership qualification year kicks in and the year - end date will be 12 months from when the new status was attained.
The Association for the Gifted (hereafter TAG) shall maintain a membership that meets
the membership qualifications established by the Council for Exceptional Children (hereafter CEC) Representative Assembly.
They even have a specific mention of self - publishing in
their membership qualifications: «The work is neither self - published nor cooperatively published...» In fact, when I googled MWA and self - publishing, one of the first hits I came up with was a post on their site, iirc, where it was posited that self - published authors were NOT pros.
Since
the membership qualifications for self - pubbed and small press authors are now based strictly on book sales revenue, KDP and KDP Select books will be as eligible as any others.
Discounts and
membership qualifications will vary depending on your insurance provider and membership organization.
Membership in South Shore REALTORS ® is open to any individual or entity meeting
the membership qualifications set forth in the bylaws of the association, without regard to the type of business models employed by its company.