Membership and Membership Renewal

Understand the types of membership and how to renew your membership.

Membership Types

There are 2 kinds of Membership Scheme, Normal and Online Membership.

 

Normal Membership

Normal members MUST join a Team, attend at least 25% of WAIIC Club Meeting, and participate and contribute towards the Team’s Stock Presentations.

Online Membership 

We are aware that some WA Graduates may not be able to join WAIIC Club Meetings because:

  • There is no WAIIC Club Meeting in the City where they live.
  • They travel frequently, and are unable to attend WAIIC Club Meeting.
  • They do shift work, or attend night classes, and are unable to attend WAIIC Club Meeting.
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However, they would like access to WAIIC Website. Thus we have created an ONLINE membership scheme.

  • ONLINE Membership Scheme members DO NOT need to join a Team, attend WAIIC Club Meetings, or to participate or contribute in anyway.
  • In fact, ONLINE Membership Scheme members are NOT allowed even to attend WAIIC Club Meetings (since seats are limited)

 

Fees and Payment

Normal Membership - Fees for Normal membership is AK$120 (or US$120) per year.

Online Membership  - Fees for ONLINE Membership is TWICE the rate for Normal Membership. We need to compensate for the fact that ONLINE Members do not need to participate or contribute in anyway. Hence Membership fees for ONLINE  membership is set at TWICE Normal Membership, i.e. AK$240 (or US$240) per year. However, a discount of AK$120 or AK$60 can be applied if the Members’ situation qualifies him for it. 

 

Renewing your Membership

Membership Renewal is Open Only Within 3 Months of Expiry Date

When a WAIIC Member is within 3 months of his/her membership expiry date, then he/she will be allowed to renew his/her membership. We do not allow paying for memberships for multiple years. Further renewal of WAIIC Membership is subject to member's participation and contribution.

Membership Classification Status at the time of renewal

Based on the members' participation and contribution, we have 4 categories of Membership Status:

  • RED – Member did not Join a Team, and has not been Participating or Contributing. Such members are not even asked to renew. We simply let their membership expire.
  • ORANGE -  Member did not Join a Team, and has been Participating and/or Contributing. We will allow these members to renew on condition that they Join a Team.
  • YELLOW – Member has joined a Team, but has not been Participating or Contributing. For such cases, we will seek the Team Leader to endorse the member’s request for Membership Renewal. YELLOW Zone members may not have been attending WAIIC meetings, but could have been active in Team meetings and activities. So we will leave it to the Team Leader to recommend.
  • GREEN – Member has joined a Team, and has been actively participating and contributing. Membership Renewal is allowed, and in fact, most welcomed. :)

 Below is a summary of membership Status at the time of renewal for easy reference.

 

(Does not apply to ONLINE membership)

Membership Renewal Payments Active / Greyed Out 

Payment for ONLINE Membership is Active Throughout

Since there is no prerequisite for ONLINE Membership, the payment button is always active. This is to allow WAIIC members who wish to join the ONLINE Membership scheme at any time that they wish.

Payment for Normal Membership is GREYED OUT depending your renewal status and time of renewal.

Note that we do not allow WAIIC Membership to be renewed until Membership is within 3 months or Member’s Membership expiry date. Hence we have GREYED OUT the Payment button for Membership Renewal. If  you are within the 3 months of renewal then follow your membership renewal status to determine if your membership renewal option is active or GREYED out. Payment button for Membership Renewal is automatically activated within 3 months of expiry

Status at the time of renewal.

RED STATUS – Payment button for Membership Renewal is permanently GREYED OUT. RED zone members will not be allowed to renew. If a RED Zone member wishes to continue WAIIC Membership, he/she will be advised to seek a Team that is willing to take him/her in. After such a RED Zone member has found such a Team, then we will manually make the Payment button for Membership renewal active again.

ORANGE STATUS – Payment button for Membership Renewal is also permanently GREYED OUT. If an ORANGE Zone member wishes to continue WAIIC Membership, he/she will be advised to seek a Team that is willing to take him/her in. After such a ORANGE Zone member has found such a Team, then we will manually make the Payment button for Membership renewal active again.

YELLOW STATUS – Payment button for Membership Renewal is temporary GREYED OUT. If a YELLOW Zone member wishes to continue WAIIC Membership, he/she will be advised to seek his/her Team Leader to endorse his/her membership renewal request. After the YELLOW Zone member’s Team Leader has endorsed his/her membership renewal request, then the System will automatically make the Payment button for Membership renewal active again.

GREEN STATUS – Payment button for Membership Renewal is GREYED OUT when Membership Expiry date is more than 3 months away.