Mailing list for the Person County Beekeepers Association, Roxboro, NC

[Inge Kautzmann <ibk AT imageray.net>]

Title: Info on State Membership Dues

Hello All,

Below you will find information about becoming or renewing your state association membership with NCSBA. Please note that this information pertains only to membership with the state association, the individual club dues are separate.

If you are interested in becoming a member of NCSBA (NC State Bee Association) or if you want to renew your NCSBA Membership, now is the time. 

We will be ready to sign you up at our October meeting which is next week on the 18th.

According to the NCSBA Treasurer and Membership Coordinator, membership should be renewed now prior to year’s end to ensure you receive the full benefits of membership as of January.

NEW NCSBA MEMBERS should register in October so NCSBA can process them in November. Then the calendars for 2013 will be mailed in December.

CURRENT MEMBERS (including those who joined in January during our Bee School) can renew their memberships now for 2013, or they can do it any time through December. And for those who joined during the Bee School in January, 2012, you will receive the 2013 calendar. A January registration is too late to get that current year's calendar.  


NCSBA REGISTRATION INFORMATION

OPTIONS FOR DUES
1.  Individual NCSBA Membership Dues: $15.00 per year.
2.  Commercial NCSBA Membership Dues:  $30.00 per year.
3.  Permanent (one time payment) NCSBA Membership Dues: $300.00.
4.  Permanent (one time payment) NSCBA Membership Dues for Seniors 55 and older: $150.00 w/ID

REGISTER FOR NCSBA WITH YOUR PCBA TREASURER OR SECRETARY
Register at our October 18th PCBA Meeting
Make your check payable to NCSBA, or give cash to your PCBA Treasurer.
Seniors need ID for a one-time lifetime payment.
Fill out the Registration Form provided by the PCBA Treasurer or Secretary
Your PCBA Club will send your Registration to the State Membership Coordinator

OR--REGISTER ON LINE AT THE NCSBA WEBSITE ( http://www.ncbeekeepers.org/member.htm#join):
Download and fill out the Application for Membership Form
Mail Form with your Check to Laurie Shaw, Membership Coordinator (address on web site)

NOTE TO ALL RE-REGISTERING MEMBERS:  The Coordinating Secretary is requesting that if "nothing has changed" on your Application Form, please write "Nothing has Changed" across the top of the form.  This saves her lots of time comparing your data with the data from the year before, since she has to process over 3000 applications.  She will be happy with our PCBA members if we help save her time!
                                            
BENEFITS OF NCSBA MEMBERSHIP  
In addition to working together with members of the largest and most active state beekeeping association in the United States, you will also receive the following tangible benefits of membership in the NCSBA.

Benefits of Membership:

• Four annual newsletters - The North Carolina BEE BUZZ
• Beekeeping Calendar for next year -- 8 1/2 x11" wall calendar with practical information on beekeeping management.  Mailed only at year's end to active members.
• Yellow Book - directory and handbook of the NCSBA with contacts, articles, bee supply dealers, agencies of importance to beekeepers, and much more.  Mailed to active members at publication time only.
• 25% Subscription Discount to the three major beekeeping publications: American Bee Journal, Bee Culture, and The Speedy Bee.
• Lowest Registration Fee to the two annual meetings of the NCSBA.
• Membership in the largest single-state Beekeeping Association in the United States.
• NCSBA Membership Card.
• Special Beekeeping publications, such as honey recipes, made available on a periodic basis.
• Discounts from selected bee supply dealers.
• Opportunity to participate in special training programs, such as pesticide certification, epinephrine certification, etc.
  

Members will receive these three exclusive publications:

North Carolina Bee Buzz



Yellow Book (summer)



The Calendar of Beekeeping (mailed in December only)