In order to align our membership procedures with the requirements of the ANU Sport & Recreation Association, we are introducing some changes to the way we handle memberships, effective 1 February 2010. It is important that all members, both new and old, read the information on the Join the club page of this website. We regret the increased amount of paperwork which is going to be required, and ask that you be patient as we adjust to the new system. By helping us you will be helping yourself!

Regards,
Tom Gleeson
ANUMC President

26 January 2010

To reflect the increase in petrol costs and the fact that the current reimbursement rates were set around ten years ago, the recommended rates per kilometre have been revised. Click here for the new rates. These rates are used to calculate petrol reimbursements and participant costs for large trips where the club collects petrol money at the pretrip meeting (i.e. Huge Days Out, Bluies Extravaganza, Snow Huge Days Out and Cocktails on the Castle). Trip leaders are free to use these rates for other trips they run, or come to another arrangement acceptable to the drivers on their trip.

The SRA has now obtained an insurance policy covering off-campus activities. Trips are now fine to continue as normal. One condition of the insurance is that people taking part in club trips sign liability waivers. This year, this is required before every trip. The waiver form is now available on the club website for trip leaders to print out and get each trip participant to sign before the trip. While this is extra work, it does allow trips to keep running which is the main thing. Next year, we will work on a form so everyone can sign the form just once when they join or renew membership.