Overview
Many WildFyre Society events are open to members and
non-members alike. Parties in private homes are for members only (and their
accompanied guests), and members receive advance notice and priority reservations
for open events that have limited space. Members also get discounted entry to
certain events, and may advertise for free on our Classifieds page.
Member vs. guest
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 in
good or fair* standing.
Anyone else is a guest.
Join
Membership dues are $15 per person. (Current policy is to treat dues as an initiation fee; valid
memberships are automatically extended each year for free, until further
notice.) At parties with tiered donation levels, guests may join on the spot to
get the members' discount.
Download a membership application form. Save time at the
door by filling out and signing the form in advance and bringing it, along with
dues, to the next WildFyre event you attend. (Please do not mail the form if
you will join at a party!)
If you mail the form,
allow time for processing, which includes PO box pickup and verification of
check clearance. There are, of course, also forms available at every WildFyre
event.
Questions? Please address
any question about membership to our membership director, or see
any Board member at a WildFyre event. Note: If you need to report a change in your e-mail address or
phone number, send it to our contact list manager.
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. Do not be a no-show! No-shows
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. No-shows are tracked,
and they are expected to make good on the missed donation at the next WildFyre
event that they attend.
* A
member with one unresolved no-show is considered in fair standing, with return to good standing pending
receipt of the donation for the missed event that the individual had RSVPed to
attend. A subsequent no-show while the previous one remains unresolved results
in immediate suspension. Membership is revoked and the individual is removed
from the WildFyre contact list if full restitution is not made within 30 days
of notification of suspension.
