MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

HOW DO I BECOME A YIRA MEMBER?

The YIRA Board of Directors for 2019-2020 recently voted to approve a new Membership Clause under the YIRA Policies. The clause is as follows:

• A Yale undergraduate student may achieve YIRA membership on a yearly basis by participating in and fulfilling the requirements of at least one of the following YIRA programs or activities, in at least one of the capacities stated: 

  • Domestic/International Research Trip: Member

  • Executive Director Team: Member

  • IRSY: Secretariat Member

  • Hemispheres: Teacher 

  • MUNTY: Member 

  • World Scholar’s Cup: Secretary General, Assistant Director 

  • YIRLI: Full Secretariat Member

  • YRIS: Editor 

  • YMGE: Full Secretariat Member

  • YMUN: Full Secretariat Member, Chair, Vice-Chair 

  • YMUNK: Full Secretariat Member

  • YMUNT: Full Secretariat Member

  • YUMUNC: Full Secretariat Member, Chair, Crisis Director

• All Yale undergraduate students who fulfill the requirements of the above-listed programs and activities shall be YIRA members for the academic year in which they are involved in said program or activity. 

• YIRA members participating in international conferences or trips must also chair, staff or be involved with an on-campus conference during the academic school year, with specifics of involvement determined by the needs of on-campus conference Secretaries-General.