Most
WildFyre Society events are open to members and non-members alike. Parties in
private homes are for members only (and the accompanied guests that they
include in their RSVP). Members may also get discounted entry to certain events
and may advertise for free on our Classifieds page.
Current policy is to treat dues as an initiation fee; valid memberships are
automatically extended each year for free, until further notice. Unfortunately,
the club is not registering any new members for the time being. Instead, interested men are welcome to subscribe to
our e-mail list as non-member
contacts,
and they may attend nearly all of our events (except for a rare, members-only
party).
Member vs. guest
Just because someone is
on the club’s e-mail list does not
mean that he is a member. Individuals that have submitted a completed
membership application form with dues (or received a waiver for service to the
club) since March 2000, and not terminated or suspended their membership
through resignation or other cause, are members. Anyone else is a guest.
Our event hosts plan for
food, beverages, and other items based on the RSVPs we receive. You must RSVP
by the cut-off date noted in each event invitation in order to attend. Some of
our events have attendance caps, and space is reserved on a first-come,
first-served basis in the order in which RSVPs are received.
Once you accept an invitation,
let us know with as much notice as possible if you find you can not attend, but
no later than the stated RSVP deadline. Do not be a no-show or late
canceler! No-shows and post-deadline
cancellations hurt the club by needlessly shutting out other members from
limited-attendance parties, causing waste of food and other provisions, and
diminishing the amount of funds raised for the worthy causes that the club supports from
the proceeds of its events. Prior policy was to track no-shows and late
cancelers and pursue them to make good on the missed donation at the next
WildFyre event that they attended.
Due to
continuing and major abuse of the club’s hospitality, the WildFyre Society has
since been forced to adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward no-shows. Accordingly, except for extraordinary and unavoidable
circumstances, anyone that RSVPs to attend a WildFyre event for which RSVPs are
required and then doesn’t cancel by the stated RSVP deadline and doesn’t show
up is removed permanently from the WildFyre contact list without further
notice. If he is a registered member, his membership is revoked permanently
without further notice.