Our constitution and operating guidelines can be found here
Constitution:
https://www.jsne.org/constitution
Operating Guidelines:
https://www.jsne.org/operatingguidelines
JSNE Membership Requirements
- Must be 18 or over and Resident of New England
- Believes in the principles of Jainism and agrees to abide by JSNE constitution
- The membership maintenance fee is $10/year and dues every calendar year per family.
- This form along with maintenance dues shall be submitted to any EC member and must be approved by EC.
- The failure to comply with any of the above requirements will revoke your membership. The membership and the associated privileges will be reinstated twelve [12] months after fulfilling the requirements.
JSNE Membership Privileges
- Attend and participate in all JSNE events such as pujas, pravachans, pathshala and other rituals.
- A General Member (GM) can be appointed by JSNE Executive Committee to any subcommittee such as puja, cleaning, special events, fund raising, pathshala staff etc.
- A GM in good standing for a minimum of twelve [12] months will be eligible to vote in general elections with the exception where only Distinguish Members can vote as determined by the Board of Trustees.
- A GM in good standing for a minimum of twelve [12] months can contest for a Member at Large (director) position in JSNE Executive Committee. A GM cannot contest for the office bearer positions (President, V.P., Secretary, and Treasurer) identified in Article 5.1.
- GM in good standing can express his opinion and make recommendations in JSNE activities, future planning, and join major project committees.