Membership
Once you have renewed your membership of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc., your new membership card(s) will normally be sent to you at your nominated postal address the week after the Membership Secretary receives your payment.
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
Yes. You can pay for your new membership or your membership renewal using your credit card or your debit card.
There are two ways you can apply for/renew your membership of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc.
These options are available here: https://focis.org.au/membership/
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
Yes. You can pay for your new membership or your membership renewal by cheque or money order.
There are two ways you can apply for/renew your membership of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc.
These options are available here: https://focis.org.au/membership/
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
The Society does not favour the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for paying membership subscriptions.
Experience shows that there are 3 drawbacks with the EFT approach:
Not User Friendly
It’s not user-friendly because you first have to access the Society’s web site to submit your application and take a note of how much is owing. You then switch across to your bank’s Internet banking web site and login to your Internet banking service. You enter the payment details including the amount previously noted – hopefully you enter the amount owing without making a transcription error. You enter your name in the very limited space that is available (if you have a very short name, no problem but if you have a longer name, you will have to abbreviate). You also enter the reason for the payment. You have a very limited amount of space for this so you will need to get creative when you try and explain what the payment is for.
However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, you only enter the data once because your order and your payment are handled together.
Error Prone
It’s easy for errors to occur because you have to make sure that you enter the Society’s BSB number and bank account number correctly. You might enter the account number incorrectly but that number may represent a valid bank account. In this case, the money is transferred into the wrong bank account. This causes problems where you insist you have paid but the Society insists it never got the money.
However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the payment is sent to the Society’s PayPal account automatically and you do not have to enter any account identifiers.
Difficult to Work Out Who has Paid for What
When you use your Internet banking service, there is limited space available for you to enter your name. There is also a limited amount of space for you to enter the reason for the payment.
When the Society gets the bank statement, we then have to try and decipher the shorthand entries on the statement so that the payments can be properly accounted for.
However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the Society receives an email with the full details of your payment including your name, your address, your email address, the amount of the payment and the reason for the payment. You also receive an email with this same information.
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
Unfortunately not.
We can ONLY accept Credit Card and Debit Card payments online via this web site.
We CANNOT accept Credit Card and Debit Card payments by phone, by email, by post or in person.
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
There are two ways you can pay for your membership application/renewal:
If you need help with other payment options, please contact the Treasurer: Contact the Treasurer
The Society issues membership cards but it does not normally issue receipts.
If you need a receipt for tax purposes, please contact the Treasurer: Contact the Treasurer
If you aren’t sure whether or not you are a financial member of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc., you can check the status of your membership by contacting the Membership Secretary: Contact the Membership Secretary
If you are a member of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc., you may need to make changes to your contact details:
Please contact the Membership Secretary to tell us if there are any changes: Contact the Membership Secretary
If you are a member of the Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc., you can nominate your preferences for receiving communications from the Society:
In each case, you can nominate whether you wish to receive that type of communication by:
You can nominate your preferences using this form: Communication Preferences
You can change your preferences at any time.
If you have any questions about membership of the Society, you can contact the Membership Secretary here: Contact the Membership Secretary
