Notes

  1. An error in the data entry could invalidate your membership and associated benefits. Details marked with an * (asterisk) are mandatory.
     
  2. Your passport and membership card presented together provide ID, both for use of huts and for using the rescue services as covered by the insurance included in membership. Both must be carried and the name must be exactly the same on both.
     
  3. The membership form is for up to 2 applicants at the same address. If more than 2 applicants share the same address please put their details in the comments section at the bottom of the page. For more than 2 unrelated applicants at the same address please also add details of additional next of kin in the comments section at the bottom of this page.
     
  4. Names: Please ensure these are exactly as on your passport.
     
  5. Date of Birth: Required for your membership to be processed.
     
  6. Address: Your full postal address, including UK postcode, or equivalent if outside UK.
     
  7. Telephone Numbers & e-mail address: An email address for the first applicant is required to ensure delivery of this form, telephone numbers are not essential but enable the Club to contact you quickly if there are any queries about your details.
      
  8. Next of Kin: Required in case of an emergency. A member may be unable to give clear information following an accident and the rescue services may ask the AAC office to provide contact details.
     
  9. Data Protection Act 1998: Data supplied by members is held in a computer by AAC (UK). The Club is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. A member sometimes requests other members’ contact details to publicise an event for a specific group of members. We request your permission to pass on your contact details to such a member but have NO plan to publish member details to all members.
     
  10. Family Membership: Membership cards will show individual membership categories.

    Two Parent Families: If both parents are AAC(UK)* members (first parent as category A, JUN or SEN, and second parent as category B) then their children born in 1994 or later can receive free membership if their full details are provided.

    Single Parent Families: If a bona fide single parent with custody of child(ren) is an AAC(UK)* member (as category A, JUN or SEN) then his/her children born in 1994 or later can receive free membership if their full details are provided. Not available to families with two parents where one parent is not a member of AAC(UK)*. Any false declaration of eligibility may invalidate your insurance.

    * ie both parents must be members of the same section of the OeAV.
     
  11. Insurance cover included in OeAV membership is provided by Austrian companies and governed by Austrian law. See AWS leaflet, downloadable from the Benefits page.
     
  12. When you have completed this form and pressed the ‘Proceed to payment’ button, you will be connected to a secure payment facility.  Communication between you and this facility is encrypted, to protect your card details etc.  The facility operates to strict security standards devised by the card payment industry.  It incorporates a number of anti-fraud measures, which help to protect you if your card has fallen into the wrong hands.
     
  13. For each applicant please fill in the details according to the table to the left.
     
  14. Please review the data that you have entered carefully, before pressing the "Proceed to payment" button.  Once payment has been authorised, a copy of the data that you have provided will be emailed to the email address of the first applicant. Sensitive payment data is automatically excluded from this. The data you have entered will be used by the AAC(UK) Office to process your application.
     
  15. Hut Fund:  Maintaining the network of Mountain Huts that provide sleeping accommodation and sustenance at altitude throughout the Eastern Alps is a core OeAV role and burden.  AAC(UK) does not own a mountain hut, nor do we have a 'work area' with responsibility for waymarking and path maintenance.  Instead the Club helps smaller hut-owning sections with costly projects, often to meet environmental or modern health and safety legislation, through donations from the Hut Fund, to which members have contributed generously over the years.  Please keep up the tradition.
     
  16. Email messaging may be used, for example, to remind all members within one geographical area, of a lecture or walk about to be held in their area, or 'HOT PRESS' seasonal information about access to the Alps.
     
  17. B versus SEN membership: A spouse/partner of a category A, SEN, JUN, or FM member (who is not also an FM member) should always apply for a category B membership. However if the spouse was born in 1950 or earlier, provided he/she is not the second parent of a Two Parent Family, he/she will be issued with a category SEN membership card. In some situations category SEN members can be entitled to reduced prices.
     
  18. Children's membership cards should be signed by a parent or guardian.
     
  19. If you are making an international payment (and you do not often do this) we suggest that you contact your card issuer (eg bank), to notify them that you are about to make an international payment off the card. Otherwise your payment might be interpreted as potentially fraudulent and therefore could be refused by your bank.

2012 Membership Application Form

It is recommended that you apply for membership in good time before any intended trip, however if this is not possible please indicate clearly in the “Comments” box that your travel is imminent. You may also wish to telephone the AAC(UK) Office to make your intentions clear. We will endeavour to meet your wishes, but in times of high demand or force majeure this cannot always be guaranteed.

NB you must be in possession of and sign your membership card before you travel in order to be sure of securing all benefits of membership. By signing your OeAV membership card you accept the Constitution and Standing Orders of AAC(UK). Important information will be provided on the back of your membership card.

Please read the Notes (to the right of the application form) before completing the form itself.
Disclaimer
The personal details as supplied here are correct, and all applicants as identified below understand that:
  1. Membership of the Austrian Alpine Club (UK) begins at 00.00 hours on the day after the membership application is processed by the AAC(UK) Office and continues to 31 January 2013. Once the membership card has been issued, no refund of the fee is possible.
  2. Membership applications submitted via the website will normally be processed within three working days, but exceptionally (eg in periods of high demand or force majeure) the time taken to process applications may be longer. The AAC(UK) Office does not operate on Friday afternoons.
  3. Membership will be invalidated if payment of the fee is not fulfilled.
  4. The insurance cover included in membership is provided by Austrian insurance companies and is governed by Austrian law.
  5. The insurance cover will only be valid in January 2013 if membership is renewed before 31 January 2013.
  I confirm the above
Your details - first applicant
 
* Title:
* First Names:    
* Last Name:    
* Date of Birth:    
* Gender:
Year last a member:
Membership Number:  
* Address Line 1:   
Address Line 2:
* Town/City:   
County/State/Province:
Postcode/Zipcode:
* Country:   
Work Phone:
Home Phone:
Mobile Phone Number:
* Email address:  
Subscribe to email messaging:
See note 16.
* Membership Category:   
Permission:
Check this box if you do NOT give permission for your details to be passed to other club members in connection with club activities (see note 9)
 
Details of second applicant
 
* Title:
First Names:  
Last Name:  
Date of Birth:  
* Gender:
Year last a member:
Membership Number:  
Email address:   
Subscribe to email messaging:
See note 16.
Membership Category:
See Note 17.
Permission:
Check this box if you do NOT give permission for your details to be passed to other club members in connection with club activities (see note 9)
 
Memberships Required and Additional Payments
Two Parent Family, Single Parent Family, or no family

Two Parent Family: One parent of category A, SEN or JUN; one parent of category B; plus at least one child born 1994 or later. See also Note 10.

Single Parent Family: One lone or custody parent of category A, SEN or JUN; plus at least one child born 1994 or later. Not available to families with two parents where one parent is not a member of AAC(UK). ie both parents must be members of the same section of the OeAV. See also Note 10.
Category Fee in GBPs Number Required Total in GBPs
Memberships Required
Born 1952-1986 A GBP 43.50 GBP 
Born in 1951 or earlier SEN GBP 33.50 GBP 
Spouse/partner of member in category A, SEN, JUN or FM.
See also Note 17. 		B GBP 33.50 GBP 
Born 1987-1993 JUN GBP 33.50 GBP 
Born 1994 - 2005

Children within a Two Parent Family or Single Parent Family pay no membership fee.
See also Note 18.

 JG GBP 18.00 GBP 
Born 2006 or later

Children within a Two Parent Family or Single Parent Family pay no membership fee.
See also Note 18.

 KD GBP 16.50 GBP 
Members born in 1951 or earlier, who have been awarded a 50 year badge for continuous membership FM GBP 7.00 GBP 
Additional Payments
Donation to HUT FUND: Used to support the maintenance and modernisation of the network of OeAV mountain huts and paths in the Eastern Alps. See Note 15. GBP 
Donation to EXPEDITION FUND: Enables the Club to make small grants to members taking part in expeditions to explore mountainous regions. GBP 
BERGAUF annual subscription, optional.
Bergauf is the OeAV German-language magazine, 5 issues per year. 		GBP 
Alpenverein-Akademie Catalogues: training courses, adventure holidays and tours (ski touring, walking hut to hut) in the Alps with OeAV Alpenverein-Akademie guides.

Optional. In German.

 Winter 2011-2012 Catalogue GBP 
Summer 2012 Catalogue GBP 
Winter 2012-2013 Catalogue GBP 
Postage for Membership Applications outside the UK
Postage associated with membership applications GBP 
Total amount GBP 
Family & Group Members
For families, or groups, details are essential for ALL applicants, so please enter the extra information (title, first & last name, birth date, gender male/female, and if applicable the previous membership number) in the Comments box below. Each member will be issued with a membership card.
 
Next of Kin
We would like to encourage you to leave as much detail as possible for your next of kin, for example name, address, telephone number, mobile number and any details regarding their movements over your time away so that we can be certain we will be able to contact them quickly should the need arise.
 
Questions
How did you learn about the Austrian Alpine Club?
Please indicate all your reasons for joining the Austrian Alpine Club?
Other?
 
Comments
Please use the space below for details of all additional applicants with the same contact address (title, first and last name, birth date, gender male/female, and if applicable the previous membership number), any additional Next of Kin details, your expected travel date, or any comments you may have about our club.
See note 19
AAC(UK) is run by volunteer committee members and administered from the AAC(UK) office during office hours.