a)
Affiliate Club Member (club or school)
b)
Technical Member (Coach or Judge)
c)
Independent Member
d)
Club Member (active athlete)
e)
Honorary Member
f)
Life Member
g)
Patron
Affiliate
Club Member
Is
a gymnastics club, whether a community organisation, private
business, school based operation or managed under another
governing body such as YMCAs, PCYC or Government Recreation
facility, who is permitted membership with the Association.
The club applies for affiliation with the Association by completing
GQ's State Affiliation form. All member clubs pay an annual
affiliation fee as well as being responsible for registering
all their active athletes with the Association. These fees
are paid quarterly and are based on a tiered flat fee membership
scale. In return for affiliation GQ then provides various
services, benefits and resources to member clubs.
Technical
Member
Is
a Coach or Judge of any Gymsport who is duly accredited and
registered with the Association and Gymnastics Australia,
and in so being is permitted membership to the Association.
Again, membership is annual and is achieved through completion
of the required membership forms and paying of the relevant
membership fee. In addition, all accredited Coaches and Judges
must completed annual educational updating to continue their
Technical Membership within Gymnastics.
Independent
Member
Is
an individual who cannot gain membership via the above two
categories and therefore registers direct with the Association.
The individual applies to GQ by completing a membership form
and paying the required annual fees. In return for membership
GQ then provides various services and benefits to individual
members.
Club
Member
Is
an individual who actively participates in a recognised Gymsport
and/or an individual holding an administrative/volunteer position
within an affiliated club and in so being registers with the
Association through their affiliate club member. Membership
within this category is only available via an affiliate club
member. All required registration details are provided by
clubs to Gymnastics with individual registration fees being
incorporated within a club's flat affiliate fee. All individual
athletes registered with gymnastics are provided with a membership
pack, which includes personal accident insurance cover.
Honorary
Member
Is
a person who is elected to any position on the Board of Management
or a Gymsport Management Committee (SMC). Through holding
an official committee position the individual is automatically
registered and recognised as an Honorary Member of GQ.
Life
Member
An
individual granted Life Membership of the Association, by
the membership. Applications for Life Membership are directed
to the Board of Management who are responsible for then presenting
recommendations to the membership at the Association's Annual
General Meeting. Life Members are provided specific benefits
and services by GQ.
Patron
An
individual endorsed as the patron of the Association and therefore
granted membership. Again, this membership is achieved via
the Board of Management presenting a recommendation to the
membership at the Association's Annual General Meeting.
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