AGHNI Membership

Why become a member?

•Opportunity to participate & promote AGHNI’s mission

•Opportunity to envision & implement future direction of AGHNI, specially for the younger generation

•Participate in social ,Professional and volunteering initiatives

• All  members get a Free lunch/dinner at the Teej program

•Life time members get an additional  free AGM dinner .

How do I become a member?:

•Annual membership $50, Lifetime membership $500  senior Citizen 25% discount at age 65 or older

Membership Details

AGHNI has Founder Members and Paid Members, collectively referred to as "Members"

●      Founder members are the initial group of individuals who conceived the idea of AGHNI. These members contributed an initial amount of $200 as seed money.

●    Paid members are individuals who will pay a lifetime membership, or an annual membership as described later in this document.

Membership is open to anyone over the age of 18 years who is interested in the furtherance of AGHNI and is living in the Greater Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania, USA.  

All persons who support the purposes of AGHNI may become members and hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws, upon enrollment and timely payment of membership dues. 

Membership shall entitle a person and his/her immediate family to all privileges that all Members of AGHNI have, as determined from time to time, subject to the terms of the by-laws.

 “Membership Units” shall be defined as spouses and any dependent/minor children living in the same household.

Membership form

Membership Payments:

  Zelle: Namaste@aghni.org

    Venmo: Https://venmo.com/AGHNI-AGHNI

Definition of Greater Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania

Following counties will constitute Greater Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania for AGHNI: Cumberland County, Dauphin County, York County, Lebanon County and Lancaster County

Definition of North India

For the purpose of AGHNI, following definition will be used to define North India: States defined in Wikipedia as North Indian states: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Ladakh

Eligibility to join AGHNI

●      AGHNI membership is open to anyone who supports its mission and is willing to learn and immerse in culture and celebrations which are unique to North India, residing in the Greater Harrisburg area of PA as defined in section 1.02 and identifying as part of North India defined in section 1.03.

●      Hindi speaking member identifying with mission of AGHNI

●      Membership is also open to people from other states in India (not covered in section 1.03) and other countries who identify with mission of AGHNI

Membership Rules

By taking Membership with AGHNI, members are expected to abide with following rules

●      Look to be brand ambassador to promote values and mission statement of AGHNI

●      Respect values and views of other members and directors of AGHNI

●      Do not promote negative information and mis-information propaganda against AGHNI

●      Do not steer existing members away from AGHNI by influencing them negatively

●      Do not use the AGHNI forum to fulfill political agenda

Failure to comply with above rules will result in membership revocation from AGHNI. 

●      The membership revocation process will require a majority of directors to vote for the revocation. 

●      For any revocation, membership fees will be forfeited