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SAM Membership Application
Print and fill out the application below, be sure to include appropriate payment. Visa and Mastercard accepted:
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APPLICANT'S BACKGROUND
Full Name: __________________________________________________________________
Are you interested in holding office or serving on local or national committees? (Publicity, Occult, Convention, Ethics, Membership, etc.) If possible, would you affiliate with the nearest S.A.M. Assembly? If no Assembly is available to you, would you, when conditions permit, be interested in helping organize one in your area? MAGIC STATUS (check all that apply - see Instructions)
[ ] Professional
TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP DESIRED (check one only, plus Sustaining Member if desired - see instructions)
[ ] Assembly(#)
Have you previously been a member of this Society? [ ] Yes[ ] No
Have you ever been expelled from or refused membership in any magic organization?
Give the name(s) of any magic organization(s) to which you belong: Do you, or did you, hold any office in any other magical organization(s)? [ ] Yes [ ] No If so, state the organization(s), office(s), and year(s) you held such office(s): APPLICANT'S COMMENTS Please use this space to give a short biography of yourself that will indicate how and when you became interested in magic; the type of magic that interests you most; your connection with shows, stage or club work; the extent of your magic collection; or anything which you feel will be of interest to magicians in general, and to the Society of American Magicians in particular. List any special skills you have (such as computer, artistic, stenographic, theatrical, typographic, technical, managerial, linguistic, musical, electronics, communications, etc.) List any hobbies besides magic:
OATH If accepted as a Member, I agree to do my best to elevate the Art of Magic and to abide by the Constitution, By-laws, Code of Ethics and Ritual of the Society of American Magicians. I shall endeavor to cooperate with the Society in the promotion of its objectives and to promote harmony among those interested in magic and to advance the ethics of the profession. I agree not to expose any modus operandi from stage, platform, television, radio or in any manner whatsoever. I am opposed to cheap literature wherein magical secrets are needlessly exposed, or to the sale of professional magical effects in cheap miniature form to the public. I am opposed to needless and useless explanations of secrets to persons who are not entitled to know them or who are not interested in magic. I am opposed to placing any legitimate performer in a predicament while that person is before an audience. Signed on Honor: Date:
FOR ASSEMBLY APPLICATIONS ONLY-MEMBERSHIP SPONSORS This applicant is vouched for as worthy of Membership by the following S.A.M. Members in Good Standing:
Name S.A.M.#
Name S.A.M.#
ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
The Committee on Admissions has investigated and finds
The above applicant worthy of membership.
FOR NATIONAL OFFICE USE ONLY
Date Received
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