Membership Information

Membership

The Club welcomes application for membership from any person showing interest in the following Club objectives who can demonstrate to the Club Committee eligibility for membership. Membership is however restricted to a minimum age of eighteen.

Club Objectives

"The objects of the Club are to organise walking, mountaineering and skiing excursions, to encourage the exploration of Caves and Potholes and to gather and promote knowledge concerning Natural History, Archaeology, and Folklore and kindred subjects."

How do I express an interest in becoming a member?

1. Write to or email the Membership Secretary expressing an interest giving brief details of why you are interested in membership and how you feel you could contribute to the club's objectives. The Secretary or an Officer of the Club will contact you for a brief introduction and probably invite you to attend one of the Club meets as a Prospective Member and meet the existing membership.
2. Have an existing Club Member introduce you to the Club Secretary for consideration as a Prospective Member and bring you to some club meets to meet the existing membership.

Prospective member status expires after one year and candidates are encouraged within this period to formally apply to the Committee for election to ordinary membership having satisfied themselves that they wish to join the club. At the request of a member, the Committee can add the prospective member’s name to the list of prospective members who will receive Club mailings for a year only unless re-requested and specifically sanctioned.

The election of ordinary members is at the sole discretion of the Committee. Candidates for admission must be proposed and seconded by members of the club. Application is made by submitting a nomination form stating the candidate's name together with qualifications, address, occupation, experience, and age and signed by a proposer and seconder. A Nomination form for completion is available from the Secretary and must be submitted via the Secretary for election consideration. Candidates’ names will be posted to every member of the Club at least seven days before election. The election shall be by ballot and a candidate must gain 75% of the votes cast.

When a candidate’s fully completed nomination form has been received by the Secretary it will be acknowledged in writing following which the candidate will become a Proposed Member and pending the committee’s decision on membership may use the Club’s huts at members rates. The Secretary will confirm the membership election result to the candidate.

The above is a summary only of the Club Rules appertaining to election to membership. The definitive official Club Rules are available from the Club Secretary and take precedence.