Any person agreeing to the purpose of the Society will be admitted to membership. Each individual member shall have one vote in all business meetings and email or mail ballots of the Society at large.

Any association, center, or institute agreeing to the purpose of the Society may be admitted to non-voting membership at a special annual rate.

Members are expected to pay annual dues. Annual dues shall be fixed by vote of the Society at the annual business meeting on recommendation of the Executive Committee. Different categories of membership may be established by the Executive Committee and will be listed in the Society’s publications and calls for dues.

A Fellow of the George Santayana Society is any living person who has served a term of office as President of the Society. Because of their past experience in encouraging the goals of the Society, Fellows may additionally serve in advisory capacities, or otherwise assist current officers of the Society in ways that may be established by the Executive Committee, the current President, or the Society at large.

Institutions such as libraries and colleges may support the Society’s mission in ways that shall be recognized but may not be members and may not vote.