I don't see this as being a major obstacle. We have the same rule for the Closed - and the same potential issue.
We used to have a rule that Governors were only actually Governors during the period when they had active memberships... if we don't still have that, putting it back in would certainly fix this problem and any future ones along the same lines.
Christopher Mallon
FIDE Arbiter
There is something called Freedom of Association that forbids any non-profit from forcing anyone to be a member. Saying that the Champion is automatically a class A member is technically illegal if he does not want to, but it would be very unlikely that she decline.