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Membership Options
There are three types of membership:
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Interim
If you wish to attend one or more
meets to see whether this is the
club for you, you can join for a
6-month period as an Interim member.
No membership subscription is
required, just the normal fee for
meet(s) that you attend. You can
later progress to become an
Associate or Ordinary member.
Associate
If you do not wish any trial meets
with the Club, you can join as an
Associate member. The extent of your
hillwalking experience does not
matter. You need to have your
application proposed and seconded by
two Ordinary members who know you,
though if you start as an Interim
member and join in President's
Parties, the leaders will normally
propose and second you.
Ordinary
For Ordinary membership, you have to
satisfy the Committee that you have,
in general terms, the experience and
ability to look after yourself and
lead others in all conditions
normally encountered on the Scottish
hills. You have to set out your
experience on the application form,
as well as having it proposed and
seconded. You can of course join as
an Associate and transfer later to
Ordinary membership.
For all three
types of membership, you have to be
aged at least 16.
The membership
application form, which can be
downloaded by clicking here (Adobe
PDF format /
MS Word format), can be used to
apply for any of the three types of
membership. To join as an Interim
member, you have to submit it to the
appropriate Meets Secretary or
Committee member with payment (if
needed) for whatever activity you
first want to book for. To join as
an Associate or Ordinary member, you
have to submit it to the Membership
Secretary for consideration at the
next committee meeting. You do not
need to send any payment. The
Membership Secretary will let you
know once the application has been
considered and will inform you of
the amount payable as first
subscription.
The basic annual
subscription, for years running to
30 September, is currently £23.60 .
A reduction to £17.10 applies for
members aged over 65 or under 21,
members up to 25 and still in
full-time education, and members
normally resident and working more
than 80 kilometres from Aberdeen.
First subscriptions are fractions of
a full year's subscription,
reflecting the number of quarters
from the admission date to 30
September.
If you think that
the Club is of interest to you but
you cannot manage to attend any of
the activities detailed in the
current Members Newsletter, please
nevertheless contact the Membership
Secretary, and he will see that you
receive a copy of the next one.
Club Subscriptions
Subscriptions for the year 2007/2008 become due on 1st October
2007. For those paying by Direct Debit this will be collected
automatically. Others should send their subscriptions to Derek
Pinches, the Club Treasurer.
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2007/2008 |
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Club |
MCofS + Insurance |
Total |
| full |
£13.00 |
£7.47 + £3.13 |
£23.60 |
| reduced |
£6.50 |
£7.47 + £3.13 |
£17.10 |
Reduced rate is available for members who:
live and work over 80km from Aberdeen; or are aged over 65 or
under 21; or are in full-time education.
Club Constitution The current version
of the Cairngorm Club constitution can be
downloaded
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