Every McMaster retiree who was eligible to join a McMaster pension plan when working at the University automatically becomes a lifetime member of MURA when they retire.This includes all retirees, even those who deferred their pension or withdrew their funds when they retired, and those who may have qualified for, but did not join, a pension plan.

There are two categories of member: "Regular" and "Associate". All Regular members have the following rights:

• to serve on the MURA Council or be elected to any other positions that may arise
  
• to vote at meetings
  
• to participate in proposals to amend the Constitution
  
• to receive all issues of MURA news, the Association's newsletter

Associate and Honorary members, are described in Article 3 of the Constitution.

Revised 11 November 2005 by B. Ives and N. Solntseff