Southside Beekeepers Club Inc

Southside Beekeepers Club Inc is a registered not-for-profit association which currently follows the Model Rules as set out Consumer Affairs (Victoria) Australia. A copy of these rules can be located HERE. These rules clearly set out the membership rights and obligations along with those of all office bearers and committee.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The South Side Beekeeping Inc website is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. Any information submitted by you will be used only to process orders and improve our products and services. Under no circumstance will we rent, sell, or share any information provided by our users to any third party.

We respect your concerns about security and privacy. We have procedures which help ensure that your personal information is handled in a secure, safe and responsible manner.

When you visit our website, our web server may collect information, such as the domain name (IP address) of the web server that initiated your visit, the referring URL and information about your visit on our site. Our site may also use cookies to keep track of your visiting experience.

We also collect non-personal statistical information, including; the number of visitors to our site, advertising results, site performance, pages and products viewed, forums viewed and posted to, and how our site was accessed or used.

When you register or update your account, sign up to receive our emails or participate in our promotions or competitions or other events, we may also collect information from you. This information may include your name, address, phone number and email address. This contact information will only be used to contact you when necessary.

If you have any queries about this privacy statement please feel free to contact us. We value your business, and are committed to protecting your privacy.

MEMBERSHIP:

Single Membership: Single Adult Membership entitles the financial member to attend any club organized event or meeting.  The Member has voting rights at the Annual General Meeting and for any issues where the club asks the general membership to vote for an outcome.   All members must be present to vote unless proxy votes are eligible.

Junior Membership:  Available to children and teenagers up 16 years of age.  Juniors are added to the clubs membership register as associate members.  Juniors wishing to attend club meetings or special events hosted by the Southside Beekeepers Club MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.  Our club reserves the right to identify the guardian and obtain contact details of the guardian for safety and insurance reasons.  Associate members are full financial members of the club yet do not have voting rights at elections at the annual general meeting or on any issues requiring Members to vote.  Southside Beekeepers must be notified if any allergies or heath conditions that may put both the junior member or the guardian at risk. By not providing this information the club can not be held responsible for issues that may arise  by nit having this information on hand.  Junior memberships May be upgraded at any time to a Family membership during the current membership year.  This upgrade will allow two adults (Parents/Guardians) to join with the Juniors remaining under the family membership.