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Our members are fundamental to our activities and we welcome everyone who supports our aims to join us.

Benefits

You are supporting our goals and our work
You get to vote at our Annual General Meetings, where our Board is elected and administrative motions are passed
More membership benefits will be forthcoming over time

Eligibility

Membership is open to all; you do not have to live in the UK, be over a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support our Objects and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute.

Members have to disclose to the Board their full name and residential address but don't have to disclose the username used to edit the projects. This information is included in the chapter's Register of Members, which is publicly available to anyone with reasonable cause requesting the information. If you aren't comfortable disclosing this information, please consider donating to the chapter instead and supporting our activities.

Membership fee

The current membership fee is £5/year. This fee is reconsidered at the Annual General Meeting. Fees and donations can be paid by cash, cheques, paypal, bank transfers or standing orders. Please contact the Treasurer for the details required for bank transfers.

You can join online or download and print a PDF form. If the latter, then please post it to the address given on the form.

Membership is processed by the Treasurer; please contact him if you have any questions regarding membership.

Corporate membership

We are currently in the process of setting up a corporate membership level. This will cost £100/year. Full details will be coming soon; for now, please direct enquiries to the Treasurer.

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+'''Our members are fundamental to our activities and we welcome everyone who supports [[Objects|our aims]] to join us.'''
-'''Our members are fundamental to our activities and we welcome everyone who supports [[Objects|our aims]] to join.'''
+=== Benefits ===
+* You are supporting our goals and our work
+* You get to vote at our Annual General Meetings, where our Board is elected and administrative motions are passed
+* More membership benefits will be forthcoming over time
-Membership is open to all; members do not have to live in the UK or be a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support our [[Objects]] and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute.
+=== Eligibility ===
+Membership is open to all; you do not have to live in the UK, be over a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support our [[Objects]] and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute.
-You can '''[http://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Contributions&Itemid=57 join online]''' or download and print a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/uk/6/6f/Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_form.pdf PDF form]. If the latter, then please post it to the address given on the form.
-Membership is processed by [[User:Cfp|the Treasurer]]; please contact him if you have any questions regarding membership.
-== Eligibility ==
-Membership is open to all; members do not have to live in the UK or be a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support the Objects of the chapter and not to bring the chapter into disrepute.
-Membership is not transferable.
 Members have to disclose to the Board their full name and residential address but don't have to disclose the username used to edit the projects. This information is included in the chapter's Register of Members, which is publicly available to anyone with reasonable cause requesting the information. If you aren't comfortable disclosing this information, please consider [[donate|donating]] to the chapter instead and supporting our activities.
-== Membership fee ==
+=== Membership fee ===
+The current membership fee is £5/year. This fee is reconsidered at the Annual General Meeting. Fees and donations can be paid by cash, cheques, paypal, bank transfers or standing orders. Please contact [[User:Tango|the Treasurer]] for the details required for bank transfers.
-The current membership fee is £12/year, reduced to £6/year for concessions (defined as under 18, full-time student, unemployed and OAPs). This fee is reconsidered at the Annual General Meeting.
+You can '''[http://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Contributions&Itemid=57 join online]''' or download and print a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/uk/6/6f/Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_form.pdf PDF form]. If the latter, then please post it to the address given on the form.
-Fees and donations can be paid by cash, cheques, paypal, bank transfers or standing orders. Please contact [[User:Cfp|the Treasurer]] for the details required for bank transfers.
-== Membership levels ==
-Membership currently consists solely of what WMUK1 called "Guarantor Membership", but here is simply called "Membership". Other membership levels, e.g. Friends (non-voting; what WMUK1 called "Supporting Membership") and Corporate Membership, may be introduced at a later date. The membership rules are [[Wikimedia UK v2.0/Membership/Rules|here]].
+Membership is processed by [[User:Tango|the Treasurer]]; please contact him if you have any questions regarding membership.
+=== Corporate membership ===
+We are currently in the process of setting up a corporate membership level. This will cost £100/year. Full details will be coming soon; for now, please direct enquiries to [[User:Tango|the Treasurer]].
 [[Category:Wikimedia UK]]