How do I become a WorldSIVA member?

We would ask that you would please take some time to read through the WorldSIVA ByLaws (87 kB) before you sign up to become a member.

Some history (written 29 March, 2010)

Many of our members did not like the subscription payment process that we were using up until March 2010. The commonest objections were that potential members did not want to create a PayPal account, and often did not realise that the subscription process resulted in a recurring annual payment of 20 Euro. Members frequently had problems cancelling their subscription payments through their PayPal accounts.

So ... although we are still using PayPal as the online merchant to process the credit card transactions, we have changed the process completely. The payment is now a single payment only (there is no subscription or recurring payment), which can be made by credit card without the need to create a PayPal account. If your credit card is already registered with PayPal and you wish to no longer use PayPal, you will need to either remove your credit card details from your PayPal account, or close your PayPal account.

As part of this change, we have also closed the "Members' Area" of the WorldSIVA website. The content previously available within the "Members' Area" will at some point in the future be made available on one or other of the various WorldSIVA sites.

If you have already created a recurring subscription with PayPal and no longer wish to continue with the annual subscription of 20 Euro, you should log in to your paypal account and cancel this subscription.

As of 24 May 2010 (the Ordinary General Meeting) the annual membership fee has been increased to 20 Euro.