There are three categories of membership in the Association:
Regular Members
Regular Members are (a) members of the Academic Senate at UC Santa Barbara or another University of California campus who have retired (including retired Senate faculty, the University Librarian, the Director of Admissions, and the Registrar; (b) non-Academic Senate members with the title of Lecturer with Security of Employment, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment, Continuing Lecturer or Continuing Senior Lecturer prior to their retirement; (c) Librarian members of the Librarians Association of the University of California at the time of their retirement; (d) non-Academic Senate member professional researchers with the title of Assistant, Associate, or Researcher at the time of retirement.
Associate Members
Associate Members (a) are spouses or domestic partners of Regular Members, (b) surviving spouses and domestic partners of Regular Members who died, (c) surviving spouses and domestic partners of former Academic Senate members who died in service while eligible to retire; or (d) those who held regular faculty positions, positions of comparable status at other universities.
Honorary Members
Honorary Members are retired persons who are ineligible for Regular or Associate membership and whose dedication, commitment, and academic leadership at UC Santa Barbara have significantly enriched the substance of and/or contributed positively to the academic goals of UC Santa Barbara and/or the Emeriti Association.
Meetings of the Membership
Each year, the Emeriti Association has two General Meetings to which all members are invited, one in the fall and the other in the spring:
Fall Meeting
The fall meeting is the principal occasion for welcoming new Emeriti members and includes an address by the UC Santa Barbara Chancellor and/or a designated senior academic administrator.
Spring Meeting
The spring meeting serves as the annual business meeting in which reports from Officers, Standing Committee Chairs, and the Coordinator of the UC Santa Barbara Emeriti/ae and Retiree Center are presented. The results of the election of Officers and Board Members-at-Large for the subsequent years are reported and ratified during this meeting.