Membership

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Westman Naturalists Inc. membership is open to everyone who is interested in nature and the environment, and who support the club objectives. The objectives are to offer nature-related educational opportunities, encourage study and protection of the natural world, collect nature-related data for statistical and educational purposes, and act as environmental stewards.

Please note that membership is NOT REQUIRED to participate in outings or presentations, or to receive WN newsletters.

Your membership will support the activities of Westman Naturalists Inc. and allow you to have direct input into the programs and activities of the club. You will be able to serve to be a member of the board, or one of our sub-committees and vote at Annual General Meetings (see Bylaws for more details).

There are three categories of membership:

Individual
Persons eighteen years or older who pay annual dues are eligible to vote, serve on a committee, and hold office.

Youth
All youth under the age of eighteen years need parental or guardian consent to obtain membership or join a committee. Youth sixteen years of age or older may obtain individual membership, pay annual fees, serve on a committee and can vote at a General Meeting. Youth younger than sixteen years can serve on a committee without being a paying Member and are not entitled to vote.

Honorary Life
Persons may be named honorary life Members by the Board in recognition of outstanding service or significant in-kind or financial contributions to the Club. They are not required to pay membership dues and are entitled to vote and hold office.

Join!

The annual membership fee is $10 per person. Membership runs until December 31st each year.

Interested in finding out more? Want to organize an outing/activity? Get in touch with us below.

  • Send us a email at westman.naturalists@gmail.com.
  • Sign up for our mailing list. Newsletters are generally sent out twice a month with links to outing sign ups and info on events from other organizations.
  • Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see photos from our outings submitted by members!
  • Subscribe to our new YouTube channel to see videos from our outings.
  • Check out our eBird and iNaturalist pages to see what we’ve found out and about!

See our Helping Out page for more ways to get involved.

e-transfer instructions

  • Choose “Send an Interac e-Transfer” from your bank account (the wording could be different depending on the bank)
  • Enter the amount for your e-transfer (membership is $10 per person)
  • Create a new payee
    • Name: Westman Naturalists Inc.
    • Interac e-transfer recipient: westman.naturalists@gmail.com
    • Add to payee list and hit continue
  • Westman Naturalist Inc. has set up Autodeposit, meaning that there is no question/answer required to send the e-transfer - the payment will be made automatically and cannot be reversed
  • Add details in the Memo/Message box (e.g. whom the membership is for, or whether this is a donation)
  • SEND the transfer…. done!

You will get a confirmation number confirming your payment as well as an email with e-transfer details which can be your receipt.

Thank-you!

Note: Westman Naturalists Inc. will gratefully accept donations, however we are not able to provide charitable tax receipts as we are not a registered charity.