This planning framework separates association membership from non-member affiliation and separates WIMA status from public occupational authorisation. It remains subject to the Articles, formal decisions and Swiss legal review.
Relationship boundaries
Only the proposed Professional Member and Organisation Member classes would be legal association memberships. The other three classes would be contractual programme affiliations.
PM · Proposed
Professional Member
Proposed natural-person member of the Swiss association
Rights under consideration
Association participation and voting rights only as later approved in the Articles
Optional public WIMA-status record if a lawful publication model is adopted
Obligations under consideration
Accurate continuing declarations
Future conduct and learning requirements only after adoption
Prompt disclosure of defined material status changes
Boundary: Would not be a government licence, occupational authorisation, client endorsement or guarantee of an outcome.
OM · Proposed
Organisation Member
Proposed legal-entity member of the Swiss association
Rights under consideration
One organisational relationship under Articles still requiring approval
Optional organisation-status record if a lawful publication model is adopted
Obligations under consideration
Annual entity and control declarations
Maintenance of required external authorisations
Defined training, complaint and cooperation duties after adoption
Boundary: Would not make any employee, office, subsidiary, affiliate or brand a WIMA member.
PA · Proposed
Professional Affiliate
Proposed contractual programme affiliate; not a member of the Swiss association
Rights under consideration
Use of the complete affiliate label only while valid
Participation in approved affiliate activities
Obligations under consideration
Annual declaration
Proposed relevant learning requirement
Conduct and cooperation duties only after adoption
Boundary: Would carry no vote, member title or professional credential.
APIA · Proposed
Academic and Public-Interest Affiliate
Proposed contractual programme affiliate; not a member of the Swiss association
Rights under consideration
Use of the complete affiliate label only while valid
Participation in consultation without approval power
Obligations under consideration
Annual role and conflict declaration
Accurate public description of the relationship
Conduct and cooperation duties only after adoption
Boundary: Would not confer professional status, a member vote or WIMA endorsement of research.
SA · Proposed
Student Affiliate
Proposed contractual programme affiliate for adults; not a member of the Swiss association
Rights under consideration
Use of the complete student-affiliate label only while valid
Participation in approved student activities
Obligations under consideration
Annual enrolment and conduct declaration
Transition or expiry after the approved maximum term
Boundary: Would make no claim about practice rights, competence, licence or employment.
Procedural separation
Future decisions would need independent checks
Administrative completeness and source checks should not decide a contested case. Admission and renewal would need recorded human decisions. Complaint intake would remain separate from investigation, adjudication and appeal. A register operator could implement an authoritative decision but could not change it.
No founder, officer, donor, sponsor, speaker, referral or former website listing would receive a preferential route. Any transitional process would need public rules, the same evidence threshold and a recorded expiry.
Public register and privacy
No applicant would be public. A future public record would require an approved lawful basis, minimum fields, a preview, correction procedure and clear effect of withdrawing any optional publication choice. Identity documents, birth dates, private contact details, screening results, references, payment data, complaints and client files would remain outside the public register and search index.
Membership status and external occupational authorisation would be shown separately. A public WIMA record could verify WIMA status only. It could not certify practice rights or copy a public authority's licence into a WIMA credential.
