In order to offer a membership to all who have an interest in the Finnish Spitz breed, the Club offers five types of membership. If you are simply interested in the breed, or have owned a Finnish Spitz for less than one year, an Associate membership is available. Your membership includes the monthly publication, The Finnish Line, as well as access to the Members Only section of the website. The five types of membership, open to all persons who are in good standing with The American Kennel Club and who subscribe to the purposes of this club, are:
· Regular (voting) Members
1)
a) Must be individual persons 18 years or older who subscribe to the purpose of the FSCA; who are citizens of the United States; and who are in good standing with the FSCA and the American Kennel Club (AKC).
b) Must also own or have owned a Finnish Spitz for at least one (1) year, or have membership in good standing with an AKC member or licensed all-breed or specialty club for at least one year and have present (less than one (1) year) or prior ownership of a Finnish Spitz.
2) Are eligible to vote, hold office and sponsor applicants for membership.
For those who have a new Finnish Spitz in your life, and haven't owned this breed for one year, the Associate membership is available which entitles you to the monthly publication, the Finnish Line at a reduced cost.
· Associate Members.
(1) Are individual persons who are 18 years or older; who subscribe to the purposes of the FSCA; who are citizens of the United States; who are in good standing with the FSCA and the American Kennel Club (AKC) and who do not meet the qualifications of a Regular Member.
(2) Are not eligible to vote, hold office, or sponsor applicants for membership.
· Junior Members
1) a) Must be individual persons over 10 and under 18 years old who subscribe to the purpose of the FSCA; who are citizens of the United States; and who are in good standing with the FSCA and the American Kennel Club (AKC).
b) Must own, have owned or have immediate family member who owns a Finnish Spitz.
2) Are not eligible to vote, hold office or sponsor applicants for membership.
3) Automatically convert to Regular Membership status upon reaching their 18th birthday upon submission to the Membership Chair an executed, endorsed and signed membership application after their eighteenth birthday.
· Foreign Members
1) Are individual persons who are not citizens of the United States who subscribe to the purposes of the FSCA and are in good standing with the FSCA and the American Kennel Club (AKC).
2) Are not eligible to vote, hold office or sponsor applicants for membership.
You may print the membership application form here or contact the membership chair.