Members of the Association shall be divided into three classes, namely, (a) active members, (b) senior members, and (c) associate members. No other categories of membership may be allowed. The annual dues shall be paid according to Art. VIII, § 1. Tweedy v. Oklahoma Bar Assoc., 624 P.2d 1049, 1052 (Okla. 1981); R.J. Edwards, Inc. v. Hert, 504 P.2d 407, 415 (Okla. 1972); In re Integration of State Bar, 185 Okla. 505, 95 P.2d 113 (1939).
(a) Active Members. Active members shall be all members not enrolled as senior members, or associated members.
(b) Senior Members. An active member in good standing who is seventy years of age as of the first day of January of the then current year, may become a senior member by filing with the Executive Director his statement, setting forth the month, day and year of his birth and requesting senior membership. Thereafter, he shall be entitled to all the privileges and advantages of active membership in the Association without payment of further dues, with the exception that he shall not receive the Bar Journal free of charge. If a senior member desires to receive the Bar Journal, the annual subscription cost shall be $25.00.
(c) Associate Member. A member in good standing who files, or on whose behalf there is filed, with the Executive Director, a statement that, by reason of illness, infirmity, or other disability, he is unable to engage in the practice of law shall become an associate member of the Association for the duration of such illness, infirmity or other disability and until he is restored to his former classification. An associate member shall not engage in the practice of law or be required to pay dues during such period. He may, on annual request, receive the Journal during his disability. The member, on causing an appropriate showing thereof to be made to the Executive Director, shall be reclassified to the membership held prior to such illness, infirmity or other disability and shall be required to pay the dues applicable thereto beginning January 2 next following such reclassification and to pay the cost of the Journal during such disability if he has elected to receive it.
(d) Reclassification to Active Membership--Showing Competence. Whenever a member seeks restoration to active membership after the lapse of two (2) years or less, he may be reinstated as provided in Rule 11.8 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings. After the lapse of more that two (2) years, an associated member may be restored to active membership upon compliance with Rule 11.1 through Rule 11.7 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings.
(e) Voting Members Defined. Active and senior members shall constitute the voting members of the Association.