1. Age
YWAT members shall be between the ages of 18 to 30 years inclusive. A member’s membership shall terminate automatically on 31 December in the year that the member turns 31. Additionally, a letter shall be sent to the YWAT member thanking him/her for his/her membership and advising of the termination. The members that stops his/her membership has the obligation to hand over his/her tasks in a proper way. YWAT will create a program for members to be able to assist in an advisory capacity once they are age exempt.
2. Criteria to be a member
a. Involvement in water-related activities
In order to become a YWAT member, at minimum, the person must be involved in water-related activities, including activities through:
- work (in the event that the person is working in water-related or non-water related activities, the person must ensure that he/she is not precluded from acting for YWAT in any way whatsoever);
- studying;
- volunteer projects.
b. Commitment
The person must be committed to:
- fulfilling and undertaking the activities of YWAT;
- not bringing disrepute to the name of YWAT;
- at all times, maintaining the confidentiality of the information disclosed and discussed amongst YWAT members;
- strive to strengthen YWAT, by bringing in new members of strategic importance.
c. Trial period
New members will have a trial period of 6 months in which they must show that they meet the criteria as described above.
Extra criteria for members who take part in central activities:
d. Communication skills
The person must be competent in the English Language, i.e., he/she must have the capability to read, write and speak sufficient English to make a useful contribution to YWAT. YWAT will encourage members to attend English courses if necessary. During projects and at the end members have to inform responsible coordinators or board members regularly about their activities.
e. Time availability
The person must be able to commit a minimum of 25 hours per month to YWAT activities.
f. Internet Access
The person must have access to proper Internet facilities to enable him/her to communicate with all YWAT members and the Secretariat efficiently. The person will be required to check and act on his/her e-mails, at minimum, once in every seven days. In the event that this does not occur on three occasions, without good reason (circumstances as illness or vacation and no Internet facilities, having advised YWAT of this factor) membership will be terminated.
3. General Criteria
YWAT must always strive to ensure that it is representative in the following areas:
- regions;
- gender;
- skill/knowledge/expertise;
- students;
- professionals
4. Disqualification
Sub articles a, b, and c apply for all members, d, e anf f only for members who are active in central YWAT activities.
A member of YWAT shall lose his/her membership if he or she:
a. ceases to be a member or becomes prohibited from being a member by virtue of any relevant legislative provision, age or any other relevant factor;
b. resigns his/her membership by notice in writing to the Board;
c. is removed by a decision of the majority of the members or the Board, as the case may be.
Extra reasons for disqualification for members who take part in central activities:
d. fails to attend meetings without prior notice and acceptable reason;
e. fails to address consecutive e-mails, telephone calls or letters without good cause;
f. is no longer an active participant of YWAT and does not have a sufficient yearly record to lengthen her/his membership
NEW MEMBERS SELECTION PROCESS
In order to realize YWAT vision for sustainable water future, YWAT needs to increase its potential pool of members towards creating a dynamic youth water movement.
To uphold this vision, YWAT will carefully select new members to increase its ranks.
The procedure for selection will proceed as follows:
An application for membership may be made by an interested individual via the website or through recommendation by other YWAT members or board.
1. Once the request for membership is received via the appropriate application form, either by email or by post or fax, Secretariat will pass the application form and related documents (if any) to the YWAT Board. As soon as an application is received the YWAT secretariat will send an acknowledgement letter, indicating to the applicant that his application will be reviewed within 2-3 weeks and outcome notified.
2. Within a week of receipt of the forms, the Secretary checks out the application form and summarizes the details before putting his/her recommendations and passing it to the rest of the board members. The decision will be based mainly on the existing YWAT criteria (membership guidelines). Special emphasis will be placed on the action based initiative of the applicant.
3. The Board shall make their decisions known within one week (or at most two weeks), with a CC to the YWAT secretariat.
4. Applicants will then be communicated on the outcome of the application via appropriate medium through the Secretariat.* The letter should indicate that once accepted the YWAT member will be given an Information Kit including YWAT basic files (Membership guidelines, YWAT brochure, etc.). The member will also be given access to the login page for local members on www.ywat.org.
* YWAT may reject any application without disclosing reasons to the applicant.
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