{"id":5546,"date":"2015-10-05T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2021-07-10T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T03:57:59","slug":"introducing-the-aiya-membership-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2015\/10\/05\/introducing-the-aiya-membership-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Become an AIYA member today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA is very proud and excited to launch a membership system across Indonesia and Australia. This includes the ability to join AIYA online and streamline memberships across Chapters in Australia and Indonesia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/membership\/\">Sign up to be a member of AIYA now.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since AIYA\u2019s inception, various AIYA Chapters have offered membership at the Chapter level and it is wonderful that this process has been extended across the AIYA network.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Who is eligible to become a member?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA membership is open to anyone<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interested in our aims and activities of connecting, informing and inspiring young Australians and Indonesians. Membership categories are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Member<\/strong><b> &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone between the ages of 16 and 35. These members have voting rights at Chapter AGMs and can hold executive positions in AIYA Chapters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Member<\/strong><b> &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone outside the age bracket of 16 and 35. These members cannot vote at Chapter AGMs<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How much does AIYA membership cost?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA memberships are divided into two categories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For membership of an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian AIYA Chapter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a <\/span><b>one year period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, membership prices are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$10: Students (undergraduate, postgraduate) or currently seeking employment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$20: Employed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For memberships of an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indonesian AIYA Chapter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a <\/span><b>one year period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, me<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mbership prices are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$5: Students (undergraduate, postgraduate) or currently seeking employment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$10: Employed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point in time, all AIYA memberships are charged in <\/span><b>Australian dollars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Member benefits:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A friendly<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> environment for young Australians and Indonesians. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA membership allows you to connect with young Australia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ns and Indonesians in your location who want to share their languages and cultures through programs such as regular language exchanges and other social gatherings, suc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h as sporting events, trivia nights and karaoke.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A stepping stone to your role in the Australia-Indonesia<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bilateral relationship. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA membership provides you with access to information on professional opportunities in government, academia and the private sector, as well as the opportunity to participate in networking and other Australia-Indonesia events and to meet career champions in the young professionals bilateral relationship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your involvement, from the ground up. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA membership allows you to get involved in the bilateral relationship by voting on and joining your local C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hapter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get involved in running your local Chapter.<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a member of a Chapter committee involves organising and planning major events, participating in policy development and advocacy and liaising with other like-minded partner organisations. This is all supported by AIYA\u2019s networks, infrastructure and funding support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to UniBRIDGE.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As of 2014, AIYA members have free access to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universitybridgeproject.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UniBRIDGE\u2019s online platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that connects Australians and Indonesians for the purposes of language exchange.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to AIYA Chapters across Australia and Indonesia.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Selecting a particular chapter when you sign up does not mean that you are only entitled to the benefits of that chapter alone. AIYA membership operates for the whole organisation. If you are travelling to another chapter and attend an event, your AIYA membership will still be valid. Likewise, if you make a permanent move to another location where there is an AIYA chapter, your membership also remains valid for the activities run by the chapter in that new location.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclusive discounts. AIYA membership provides you with a suite of great discounts.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These include <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discounts to any AIYA Chapter event where an entry or registration fee is charged. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please see your AIYA State Chapter page or contact the relevant Chapter President for member discounts in your area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclusive member-only opportunities.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be the first to hear about any exclusive member-only internship or job opportunities offered via our partnerships network.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIYA is continually working to develop more member benefits, and we will keep you informed with regular member-only newsletters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What if I am already a member of an AIYA Chapter?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are already a member of an AIYA Chapter, your membership and associated details will automatically be transferred to the National memberships database. When you receive notification that your memberships are due for renewal, simply follow the link, and rejoin AIYA online, or pay again in cash at your next AIYA Chapter event. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do I join?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please follow this link to become an AIYA memb<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">er using our online portal:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/aiya.org.au\/membership\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/aiya.org.au\/membership\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also join AIYA by paying in cash at your next Chapter event. Please talk to your local Chapter representatives for more information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you join AIYA, your details will be inputted into your local chapter member list, which will grant you the above member benefits. Depending on the Chapter, you may also receive a membership card.<\/p>\n<h2><b>How are memberships renewed?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memberships with AIYA are valid for 356 days from the date of joining. When you join AIYA, you will be sent a welcome email from the AIYA National President. \u00a0An automatic reminder email will be sent to your email address several days prior to the end of your one year membership period. You are then required to re-join AIYA and pay the membership dues for the next 365 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information or if you have any questions, please visit your local chapter page, or email the AIYA National team as follows:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam Bashfield<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>AIYA Director, Partnerships and Memberships<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sam.bashfield@aiya.org.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sam.bashfield@aiya.org.au<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIYA is very proud and excited to launch a membership system across Indonesia and Australia. This includes the ability to join AIYA online and streamline memberships across Chapters in Australia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2015\/10\/05\/introducing-the-aiya-membership-system\/\" class=\"more-link style1-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"id","enabled_languages":["au","id"],"languages":{"au":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}