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Member Enquiries >> Membership >> Membership Administration >> Membership Subscriptions
Concessions for a Career Break
This enquiry looks at the rates charged, criteria and benefits offered for members on a career break to raise a family.
Issues covered include:
• Reduced rates offered
• If the concession is for both men and women
• The criteria used to determine eligibility for a reduced rate
• Percentage reduction of subscription fees
• Time limit on concessions
• What members are offered as part of this package
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Concessions for a Career Break (February 2010)
Unpaid Membership Fees
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies deal with unpaid membership fees.
Issues covered include:
• The percentage of annual membership fees unpaid
• Policies towards unpaid fees
• De-registering members who do not pay their fees
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Unpaid Membership Fees (December 2009)
Concessionary Rates for members
This enquiry looks at any concessionary membership subscription rates offered to members. Issues covered include:
- Criteria for eligibility to pay reduced rates
- Life Membership
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Concessionary Rates for Members (March 2009)
Awarding Fellowship
This enquiry looks at the Fellow Member grade.
Issues covered include:
- Eligibility requirements
- Evidence of suitability requirements
- Fees for application
- Annual subscription fees for Fellow members
- Enhanced benefits for Fellows
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Awarding Fellowship (April 2009)
Overseas Membership Subscriptions
This enquiry looks at subscription fees for overseas members.
Issues covered include:
- Differentials in subscription fees for overseas members
- Funding preferential rates for overseas members
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Overseas Membership Subscriptions (November 2008)
Gift Aid
This enquiry looks at the circumstances under which Gift Aid can be claimed on members’ subscription payments.
Issues covered include:
- Amount of donation
- Eligibility of donor and tax deductions
- Official guidelines
- Accepting alternative voluntary donations
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Gift Aid (October 2008)
Rolling Member Renewals
This enquiry looks at the alternative to having a single renewal date for all members, whereby members pay their subscription fees at different times throughout the year. Issues covered include:
- Types of systems in place
- Advantages and disadvantages of such systems
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Rolling Member Renewals (June 2008)
Membership Fee Payment Plans
This enquiry looks at schemes for advance payment for multiple years of membership. Issues covered include:
- Take-up by members
- Impact on member retention or attrition
- Other benefits and drawbacks
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Membership Fee Payment Plans (February 2008)
Practical Experience Requirements
This enquiry looks at the practical experience requirements made of members.
Issues covered include:
• Current requirements
• Links between practical experience requirements and other requirements
• Assessing practical experience
• Motivations for practical experience requirements
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Practical Experience Requirements (November 2007)
Charitable Status - Gift Aid
This enquiry looks at gift aid on membership subscriptions. Issues covered include:
- Members claiming subscriptions as a tax deduction
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Charitable Status – Gift Aid (October 2007)
Membership Subscription Payments
This enquiry looks at how organisations administer membership subscription payment processes. Issues covered include:
- Credit card security requirements
- Online payments
- Direct Debit payments
- Life Membership and multi-year membership
- Discounts on subscriptions
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Membership Subscription Payments (January 2007)
Retired Members
This enquiry looks at retired members of professional bodies.
Issues covered include:
• Services for retired members
• Retention of professional qualifications
• CPD requirements
• Reductions in membership fees
• Policies regarding retired members who remain involved in their profession
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Retired Members (March 2006)
Student Direct Debit
This enquiry looks at membership subscription payment options for students.
Issues covered include:
- Whether subscriptions can be paid by direct debit
- Benefits and drawbacks of this service
- The potential for this service to increase retention of students
- Uptake of this service by students
- Incentives offered to encourage payment by direct debit
- Whether there is an option to pay by installments
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Student Direct Debit (October 2005)
Attrition
This enquiry looks at how organisations deal with attrition.
Issues covered include:
- How attrition is monitored
- Recent attrition
- Loss of benefits and loss of membership following non-payment
- Credit control processes
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Attrition (February 2005)
Overseas Branches: Remuneration of Overseas Volunteers
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies rewards those responsible for running overseas regional groups/branches. Issues covered include:
- Payment or other remuneration compared to UK rates
- Subsidised or waived membership subscription fees
- Other rewards
- Funding overseas branches/local events
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Overeseas Branches: Remuneration of Overseas Volunteers (October 2004)
Remuneration of Volunteers
This enquiry looks at how professional bodies rewards those responsible for running regional groups/branches.
Issues covered include:
- Payment or other remuneration
- Subsidised or waived membership subscription fees
- Other rewards
- Travel expenses
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Remuneration for Volunteers (September 2004)
Direct Debit Payments
This enquiry looks at the collection of membership subscription fees using direct debit payments by installments.
Issues covered include:
- Amount charged
- Additional charges for paying by installments
- Writing-off uncollectable fees
- Discounts for those joining late in the membership year
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Direct Debit Payments (March 2004)
Fellowship Grade
This enquiry looks at the Fellowship member grade.
Issues covered include:
• Percentage of members that are Fellows
• Requirements/criteria
• Benefits
• Subscription fees
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Fellowship Grade (January 2004)
Academic Members Subscription Rates
This enquiry looks at subscription rates for academic members. Issues covered include:
- Concessionary rates for academic members,
- Justification of reduced rates,
- Qualifying for concessionary rates,
- Concessions for student, graduate, associate and other members
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Academic Members (August 2003)
Membership Subscriptions
This enquiry looks at membership subscriptions.
Issues covered include:
• how subscriptions are collected
• penalties for non-payment including removal of membership
• how long before penalties are enforced following request for payment
• procedures for regulatory bodies
• what reminders or incentives are used
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Membership Subscriptions (May 2003)
E-Business
This enquiry looks at experiences of small professional organisations, defined as those with a membership of under 10,000 and/or an annualturnover of under £2 million per annum, which:
• run an online bookshop,
• have enabled their members to pay their subscriptions online,
• Allow examinations to be ordered online.
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E-Business Enquiry Summary (January 2003)
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