What's happening to my NAWIC membership?

Online events:
In response to the lockdown period which disrupted so many aspects of our lives, the National Council and Regional Chapters have been working hard on ideas to ensure value from your NAWIC membership. Rest assured we are brimming with ideas and are reintroducing our regular meetings as soon as it is practical. The last President's newsletter shared some of our ideas with you, we welcome you to come forward with your own suggestions for upcoming events.

The lockdown also gave us the opportunity to try out alternative methods to meet and host events via Zoom. The success of our NAWIC Connecting online will continue as a monthly event, and each chapter will take turns hosting Webinar events which the national membership will be able to join. This will assist our members who struggle to attend local face to face meetings and increase networking possibilities beyond the chapters.

Membership extension:
In light of the disruption to our scheduled chapter meetings, the National Council is also pleased to announce that your current membership is being extended out to 28 February 2021, meaning your membership will not rollover on 30 June 2020 as in previous years.

While we have been enjoying a steady increase in membership numbers over the last few years, the need to upgrade and automate our processes has become a priority. NAWIC will be introducing a new membership management platform shortly which will provide you with access to your membership details. It will allow you visibility of your membership status and give you the ability to change your personal contact details.

Membership management platform:
Another benefit of the new platform is that your membership will be valid for 12 months from your joining date with an automated renewal reminder sent out one month prior. We are excited about the new platform which will help us keep more accurate and up to date records which in turn will improve our communications with you. We'll share more details with you as we get closer to going "live" which we expect to complete by the end of July.

Subscription fees & GST:
And finally, the National Board has been carefully considering the current subscription fees over the past few months, as it has been several years since the last review. The year on year success of hosting the NAWIC Excellence Awards, has now pushed NAWIC to a higher level of financial compliance. Put simply, NAWIC will have to register for GST in the 2020/21 financial year. Meaning an increase of subscription fees to $90 including GST.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info@nawic.org.nz. We are happy to discuss further.