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Who are the members?

The clubs within the AWA are the actual members. Each club can be represented by delegates at each AWA meeting and as such carry on the business of the AWA.

The actual people who are members of each club are refered to as affiliate members in the AWA constitution. Often these people are also refered to as members of AWA. These members have representation through their club but also can have a direct voice as the AWA Annual General Meeting and Special General Meetings are open to all affiliate members.

People join the AWA by either joining a club or joining the AWA direct as a WA Country member. WA Country membership is available to people who live at a distance from a club.

Membership fees

The 2011/2012 membership fees are:

• club registration: $40 AWA plus $0 MAAA equals $40 total
• senior: $40 AWA plus $60 MAAA equals $100 total
• pensioner: $30 AWA plus $60 MAAA equals $90 total
• junior: $10 AWA plus $30 MAAA equals $40 total

Registering Clubs

Each club must pay the club registration fee each year. This ensures that each member club is a financial member of AWA. The Club Member Registration Form is prescribed and so must be used for club registration. This from can be downloaded from the forms page. Clubs are not permitted to register affiliate members with the AWA until the club is registered with the AWA.

Registering Affiliate Members

The clubs collect the AWA fees along with their own club fees and may have different categories of membership. However they must use the above categories when they register their members with the AWA. The AWA registers its members with the Australian body, the MAAA. The rules for AWA and MAAA membership are the same. A junior in the 2011/2012 membership year is anyone born on or after July 1st 1993. For AWA purposes a pensioner is a person who has a social security pension and a full medical benefit card. The MAAA no longer has pensioner members, all previous pensiner members will now become senior members for MAAA purposes.

The Member Registration Form can be downloaded from the forms page and can be used to register affiliated club members with the AWA. This form is not prescibed and club treasurers can use other ways, such as spreadsheets, to register affiliate club members with the AWA.

Half year memberships

People joining the AWA after the 1st of January each year can do so for half the fees quoted above, providing they were NOT members of the AWA in the previous membership year. Clubs may have different membership rules and fees but must abide by the above rules when they register their members with the AWA.

Start and end dates

The starting point for membership of the AWA is the moment when a club treasurer receives a member's fees and issues a receipt. The end point of all memberships is the 30th June each year. These are very important dates since the insurance policies cover members only. There is no grace period in the Insurance cover. Only members are covered and the coverage starts when a member pays their membership fees to the club.

MAAA cards

Members of the AWA are eventually issued with a MAAA membership card. The MAAA card acts as proof of AWA membership, there is no AWA card. Typically the MAAA card takes up to six weeks to arrive. A club receipt can act as proof of AWA membership.

Changing office bearers and AWA delegates

Clubs are required to notify the AWA of any changes to office bearers and AWA delegates. The Change of Office Bearers Forms is prescribed and must be used to notify AWA of any changes. There is no fee associated with changing office bearers.

Change of address

Affiliated members should keep the AWA informed of any change of address. There is a Change of Address Form which can be used for this purpose, on the forms page. This form is not prescribed and there is no fee for change of address.