Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLE VI: MEMBERS

[Effective dates of amendments: February 10, 1983; April 14, 1983; February 7, 1986; January 1, 1990; August 16, 1993; and April 1, 2013.]

Section 1: Membership Eligibility.

Persons eligible to become NFA Members shall include:

(a) any person registered or provisionally registered with the Commission;
(b) any Contract Market; and
(c) any person designated by Commission Rule as eligible for NFA membership.

Section 2: Membership Category.

Each Member which qualifies for membership status in one or more of the following categories

shall be deemed to be a Member for the purposes of Articles VII, VIII and Bylaw 709 only in that single category to which its business activities primarily relate. Each Member shall have one vote on all matters on which the Member's category is entitled to vote.