Memberships are important for AJA to operate.Many people who attend AJA meetings are tertiary students or on working holiday visas and so we have set our annual membership fee at a very low rate in order to encourage financial membership. You can help us to help you by becoming a financial member. Membership is $20.00 pa (but only $10.00 for students and other concession card holders). Current benefits are listed below:
- Members receive our news letter, Harmony, (by post if they are not on the internet) three or four times a year and receive a special discount price on social events.
- The AJA Membership Card, available since September 2009 gives further benefits to members from our Corporate Sponsors. Browse our Corporate Sponsorship page to see what benefits are on offer. We'll update it from time to time with any additions. Support those who support us! Our Corporate Sponsors are:
- Caffe Amore
- Matsuri Japanese Restaurant
- Ronin Martial Arts Supplies
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Burnside Library
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All who attend on meeting nights can get 10% off the normal menu and all other non-alcoholic purchases at our meeting venue, the Caffé Amore. However, only members with AJA Membership Cards can get the discount at all other times.
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Members can have personal notices of interest to AJA members and friends put on the Members' Online Bulletins Page.
Certain conditions will apply to avoid exploitation of this service.
- Must be a financial member
- Message is not part of your regular business income
- Messages will go via designated committee members (currently by contacting Jim)
- More details will follow soon
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Adelaide University offers our members 5% off Japanese courses in their Professional and continuing Education (PCE) courses.
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AJA's financial year begins from July 1st and ends on June 30th the following year; all memberships now fall due at the end of June each year, and people joining will pay a pro rata $10.00 from about December. Get your membership form at a conversation meeting or contact Jim or Kyoko via email.
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Other fundraising efforts include special functions, the occasional raffle, okonomiyaki making at Mobara and other festivals, and donations from well-wishers and supporters. Apart from these, our only source of income is the interest on the Roy Tirrell Trust Fund which we have invested to safeguard our future. Contrary to the belief of some people, the AJA of SA has no Government or other funding to support us in our activities. All that the AJA committee and members do is voluntary. |
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