To apply for membership in FPRA, you may either complete the online application form or print the form from Adobe Acrobat and submit it via mail.
To complete the online application form click here.
To print the membership application, click the following link to open a separate window with an application in Adobe Acrobat format. Please print the form, fill it out in its entirety and return it to your local chapter Member Services Director or President with:
- A copy of your resume and
- A check for the appropriate dues and processing fee.
Membership Application (Adobe Acrobat)
Membership Categories
Voting Memberships
- Individual Professional
Individuals professionally qualified by education or experience, who devote at least 5O percent of their working time to public relations activities and pay their own dues. The membership belongs to the individual.
- Institutional Professional
Any organization, corporation, governmental agency or similar institution may join and appoint representatives who are professionally qualified by education or experience and devote at least 50 percent of their working time to public relations activities. The organization pays the dues and owns the membership.
- Multiple Professional Institutional
Any organization, corporation, governmental agency or similar institution may join and appoint several representatives who are professionally qualified by education or experience, devote at least 50 percent of their working time to public relations activities and are employed in the same location (building). In addition to lower annual dues, multi-professional members are eligible for lower annual conference registration fees. The organization pays the dues and owns the membership.
- Retired Professional Membership
Any professional member who has retired from the full-time practice of public relations for profit and has reached 62 years of age or more, shall be eligible for retired professional membership.
- Life Membership
Any member of the association who has demonstrated extraordinary service to the profession and the association at both the state and local level, upon the recommendation of the Past President's Council to the Board of Directors, followed by unanimous vote of both the board and the membership present at any regular meeting, shall be eligible for life membership. Life members shall not be liable for dues or assessments.
Non-Voting Memberships
- Allied
Any person, either as an individual or representative of a firm or corporation, interested in the activities of the association and in an allied field of the public relations profession, is eligible for allied membership. As with professional memberships, if the individual pays the dues, he or she owns the membership. If an organization pays, the membership belongs to the organization.
- Associate
A person professionally or academically qualified for professional membership, but who is temporarily not actively engaged in a public relations position. This membership is available for a maximum of one year.
- Student
Full-time students enrolled in accredited institutions of learning and interested in public relations. Student memberships run from September 1 - August 31. Students are not required to submit a resume with their application; however, it is recommended.
Dues
- Individual Professional - $150
- Institutional Professional - $150
- Multiple Professional Institutional
- First Membership - $150 Each
- Additional Membership - $140
- Individual Institutional Allied - $150
- Plus $35 processing fee for each new member.
- Associate Membership - $52.50*
- Student - $25.00*
- Retired - $15.00*
* No Processing Fee Required
Membership Pledge
All applicants must sign a membership pledge, included on the application, certifying that 50 percent or more of his/her time is spent working in public relations activities (voting memberships only), and that he/she agrees to abide by the FPRA Code of Ethics (link to about us – ethics) (all membership categories).
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