MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

The International Guild of Town Pipers

The International Guild of Town Pipers now has a new, updated Waits Website at www.townpipers.org.uk as well as a new logo. The website has developed over the years and is now quite large, containing historical records, music, records of our festivals and other activities, images, literary quotes, links and a whole lot more. This valuable resource requires significant server space and quite a lot of maintenance. Unfortunately this does not come without cost.

In order to recoup some of the cost of running the website, the Directors have decided to institute a system of membership, which will confer significant benefits, although the content of the site will remain freely accessible.

The benefits of membership are:

1. A prominent graphical link to a band's own site on the Extant Bands page (as at present; non-member waits-type bands will just have a hot-word link).
2. Gig listings in the Events Calendar.
3. Members' badges (a silver-finish badge featuring the new IGTP logo), available at £4 each.
4. Advance notice/priority booking at Waits Workshops and Festivals.
5. Priority in Guild-organised events.
6. Access to a members-only bulletin board/discussion forum (under development).

The membership year will run from September 1st to the following August 31st. The annual membership fee will be £10 per person, but with a maximum of £50 for a band with five or more members. The Directors of the Guild hope that you will join, thereby giving financial support to the on-going development of the Waits Website and the other activities of the Guild.

Please complete the membership form and return it to Roger Offord, 2 Ledbury Gdns., Cusworth, Doncaster DN5 8LS with the appropriate membership fee.

The International Guild of Town Pipers is a registered charity. If you are a UK taxpayer, and sign the declaration at the end of the membership form we will be able to recover Gift Aid.