The 2008 Membership Card
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New Members' Only Area
This new password-protected members' area has been completed, but we deeply regret that there has been a delay in implementing the secure members' login system needed to provide access. We thank you for your patience. As soon as it becomes available it will be announced here.
AAC(UK) President Tony Freake
Awarded 2008 Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal
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Forthcoming Events
May 24 - 31 : A week in the Cuillin
Isle of Skye
June 14 : Day Walk from Kingham
Oxfordshire
June 22 - 24 : Novice Caving Weekend
Yorkshire
June 29 : Day Walk from Milford
Surrey
July 13 - 19 : Alpine Hut Tour
Lechtaler Alps
July 19 : Day Walk from Pewsey
Wiltshire
[Further Details]
Last updated 16 May 2008
Membership of AAC(UK) - OeAV Sektion Britannia
Please read the information below before going to the Membership Application Form.
Constitution and Standing Orders
On joining the AAC(UK) all members agree to abide by the Constitution and Standing Orders
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Membership Category Definition
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Membership Category |
Fee
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Renew by 31 January 2008 for continuity of insurance cover!
Renew by 31 January 2008 to be entered in a draw for five awards to the value of £30 each.
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Born 1948 – 1982 |
A |
£36 |
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Spouse/partner of A, SEN, JUN or FM member |
B |
£27 |
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Born 1947 or earlier |
SEN |
£27 |
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Born 1983 – 1989 |
JUN |
£27 |
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Born 1990 – 2001 |
JG |
£15 |
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Born 2002 or later |
KD |
£15 |
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Two Parent Family. One parent of category A, SEN, or JUN, one parent of category B, and at least one child born 1990 or later |
TPF |
£63 |
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*Single Parent Family. One lone or custody parent of category A, SEN or JUN, and at least one child born 1990 or later |
SPF |
£36 |
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Born 1947 or earlier and awarded 50 year badge for continuous membership. To qualify for the FM membership fee, you must apply for the badge before or when you apply for membership |
FM |
£6 |
*Single parent family membership is not available to families with two parents where one is not a member. Any false declaration of eligibility may invalidate your insurance
Long Membership Badges
Members who have had continuous membership of the OeAV/AAC(UK) for 25, 40, 50, 60, or 70 years qualify for an honorary badge at each of these milestones. If you believe that you qualify for any of these badges please notify the AAC(UK) Office.
The Membership Year
The membership year is the calendar year, but is extended to provide for those going to the mountains over the Christmas – New Year holiday, and to allow time for members to renew. So for example membership for 2008 commences at 00.00hours of the day after the membership application is processed by the AAC(UK) Office, which may be in early December 2007. Membership continues to 31 January 2009, but insurance cover in January 2009 will not be valid unless membership is renewed before the end of January 2009. .
Family applications
Details of ALL members of the family who are joining AAC(UK) are ESSENTIAL. So please fill in the Names, Birth dates and Genders of the children in the box near the bottom of the Application Form. Membership cards will be issued for each member of the family and show individual membership categories. Children's cards should be signed by a parent or guardian.
Insurance
Membership of AAC(UK)/OeAV includes annual rescue and repatriation insurance cover with no age limit. A description of the OeAV/AWS insurance cover can be downloaded from our insurance page.
AAC(UK) Hut Fund
The OeAV Mountain Huts belong to individual sections. Despite thousands of Euros from central OeAV funds and grants from Austrian provincial governments, the sections themselves must find large sums for hut maintenance and modernisation. As well as the high cost of installing and maintaining environmentally friendly waste disposal systems, global warming is having a dire effect on foundations of some of the higher huts – a very costly problem.
Based so far from the Alps, Sektion Britannia [AAC(UK)] does not own any huts, nor does it have a ‘work area’ with responsibility for waymarking and path maintenance. Instead, we have a Hut Fund, to which members have contributed generously over the years, and we hope you will continue the tradition. The donations we make to help individual Sections with a particular project are usually much appreciated by those sections. Recent donations include:
- € 20,000 in 2002 to the Naviser Hut (Tuxer Alps) for extensive renovation.
- € 20,000 in 2005, 2006 to the Muttekopf Hut (Lechtaler Alps) to help major remedial work
- €10,000 in 2007 to the Admonter Haus (Ennstaler Alpen) for the renovation of the kitchen and larder to meet Health and Safety Regulations.
- €10,000 in 2007 to the Steinsee Hütte (Lechtaller Alpen) to help install solar heating and two warm showers.
AAC(UK) Expedition Fund
Donations to this Fund enable the section to help finance expeditions by AAC(UK) members.From 2004 to 2006 AAC(UK) donated £350 for a 'Greenland White Sea Expedition’, £250 for 'Exercise Tasmanian Dragon', £500 for a Scottish Huayhuash expedition to Ecuador and £200 for an expedition to the Miyar Nala region of India.
To Join or Renew, you now need to complete the Membership Application Form
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Last updated: 28 February 2008