Membership
Come and discover the geology that is all around you in the company of friendly
enthusiasts who can explain the origins of the rocks, minerals and fossils and
the part they played in the story of the Earth. Most join as Ordinary Fellows,
but there are special rates for family members, students, juniors and Fellows
of the Glasgow Geological Society (see below).
1. Download and print a
membership leaflet (pdf file, 877 kB)
or if you prefer, just the form (pdf
file, 313 kB).
2. Fill in and sign the membership form and Gift Aid declaration
3.
Post it to the Membership Secretary with your payment
(or, even better, a completed Standing
Order form).
The Society recognises the following
categories of membership:
Ordinary Fellow: Aged 23 or over.
The current subscription rate is £20 per annum.
Family Fellow:
Open to one other adult living at the same address as an Ordinary Fellow. £10
per annum.
Senior Fellow: Available to an Ordinary Fellow of one
or more years membership who has attained the age of sixty. Senior Fellows do
not receive the Scottish Journal of Geology. The current subscription rate is
£10 per annum.
Life Fellow: Available to Ordinary, Senior or
Family Fellows by one single payment of a composition fee. This fee is fifty times
the current ordinary subscription and allowance is made for previously paid annual
subscriptions.
Junior Associate: Available to persons under 23 years
of age at the beginning of the session of their admission or undertaking full-time
education during the session of their admission. £4 per annum
Glasgow
Associate: Ordinary members of the Glasgow Geological Society. £10 per
annum.
Honorary Fellow: conferred on an individual in recognition
of merit or achievement in the science of geology, elected by a majority of votes
at an ordinary meeting of the Society. The normal limit of Honorary Fellows of
the Society is fifteen.
Corresponding Fellow: conferred on an individual
of scientific merit or achievement outside the United Kingdom, elected by a majority
of votes at an ordinary meeting of the Society. The normal limit of Correponding
Fellows of the Society is twenty.
Distinguished Fellow: conferred
on an individual in recognition of service to the Society, elected by a majority
of votes at an ordinary meeting of the Society. The normal limit of Distinguished
Fellows of the Society is ten.
