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.

If you wish to join the International Guild of Town Pipers, please complete the following form(s) and return them, with the appropriate membership fee, to:

• Roger Offord
• 2 Ledbury Gardens
• Cusworth
• Doncaster
• DN5 8LS

• Gift Aid Form
• Membership Form