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Document M3

Application Form for Associate Membership of BCA

How to pay online. The online form M1 is not yet available. In the meantime, although it is a little "19th century" we ask that you download and complete this form on paper, send it to us and we will email you with a payment reference so you can pay by PayPal. We can say, with a fair degree of certainty that the online form should be ready by 11 June. Send a blank email to renew-2008[at]caves...etc. if you would like to know when the online form is available.

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This application form for Associate Membership of BCA (and, optionally, membership of BCRA) is for use by outdoor activity service providers, businesses and similar 'corporate' bodies that wish to become members of BCA but which are not caving clubs or access controlling bodies. Individual staff of an organisation that is an Associate Member of BCA do not become members of BCA; they must join BCA as Individual Members if they so wish.

BCA membership runs for a calendar year and expires on 31 December each year. There is no discount for Associate Members who join part-way through the year, but they will be sent issues of periodicals that were published earlier in the year that they join.

Please note that you may subscribe to BCRA's periodicals Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X) and Speleology (ISSN 1478-999X) without becoming a member of BCA using form M4. This may be the cheaper option if you live overseas or do not need other benefits of membership. Please check our web site bcra.org.uk/pub to see the most recent issues that have been published.

Other classes of membership are available - Direct Individual Membership (DIM; form M1), Caving Clubs (form M2), and Club Individual Membership (CIM), which is only available to individuals who apply via their caving club. For a detailed explanation of membership classes, the membership benefits available, fees payable and so on, please see document D1. In summary, the main membership benefits available to Associate Members are

Publications - Speleology, BCA Newsletter, BCA Handbook and, optionally, Cave & Karst Science

Unlike the other classes of membership, Associate Members do not receive the following benefits ...

Insurance - Cover under BCA's third party public liability insurance scheme
Voting - Voting rights in the Association's general meetings and postal ballots

	The Small Print
	Participation Statement The BCA recognises that caving, cave diving and mine exploration are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.
	Data Protection Policy Only sufficient data will be sought and retained in order to supply the services sought by and offered to each BCA member or subscriber to BCA services. Data will not be disclosed to any third party nor used for any pur-pose other than that stated above without the express consent of the member or subscriber. Data may be stored at more than one location and may be stored both on paper and in computer files.
	Equity Statement BCA will make its services available to all sections of the sporting community, and there will be no discrimination on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, colour, occupation, religion or political opinion. If you have not already done so, please complete and return the equity questionnaire (MS Word version \| PDF version). It is optional, but it helps BCA meet its obligations to the Sports Council.

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