GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Application

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of The Elder Tree, we are so excited to welcome you into our community! We are committed to creating a diverse array of accessible and affordable herbal medicine and health and wellness education opportunities for the local and national community. We rely on members and volunteers to achieve great things and we welcome you to come get involved.

What do you get as a general member?

• Be part of our herbal community
• Recieve a quarterly newsletter around every equinox and solstice
• Receive 20% off eligible events and workshops
• Receive 20% off merchandise
• Have a say at our AGM 
• Get The Elder Tree tshirts at cost price $35

What do membership fees get used for?
Membership fees help us with the day-to-day running of a not-for-profit organisation. It helps us to purchase materials required for creating our medicine garden, paying for our necessary online platforms for our website and podcast, pays for tshirts (all organic and locally printed) and other promotional materials, plus other important fees we must pay to be registered as an organisation.

Non-violent communication practices are important to us at The Elder Tree. We run a weekend training session every year for members and we hope that you can join us. All core members of the management committee and operations committee are expected to do this training annually. We see this as an important focus for creating and maintaining functional communities. Until the next training, you can find great resources online and books about the subject.

We also aim to have annual training in sociocratic decision making. This is a wonderful system of decision making which is efficient and ensures that all voices are heard and that there is no hierarchy in the decision making process.

Please read our Code of Conduct outlining expectations around respectful behavior, inclusively and shared values within The Elder Tree. 

This is particularly important for all volunteers of The Elder Tree and all people who work alongside us to agree to the code of conduct.  If you are planning to volunteer for The Elder Tree then please print and sign and return the final page of the Code of Conduct.  Return to:   info@theeldertree.org

Read our full Sociocracy Governance Policy before submitting (if you plan to attend any meetings including AGM).

We encourage you to read the below document/form. They are also available on the bottom of the home page of our website.

Complaint Resolution Policy & Procedures. (internal complaints between members)
Compliment Complaint & Feedback Form. (casual volunteers, sub-contractors etc)

ACCOUNT NAME:  The Elder Tree Inc
BSB:    082-842
Acc:     727155804

Or alternatively, donations can be made by clicking this link.  If you are unable to set up a direct deposit via the above details, you can set up your payment via our website. This is not preferred as the bank charges a substantial fee, but it is a back up option.