Membership

Everyone is welcome to become a member of the Sakya Losal Choe Dzong, the Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra.

As a non-profit organisation, we rely on membership dues, product sales, donations and event bookings to cover the operating costs of our centres.

The Society wishes to acknowledge the generosity of those members who contribute to the centres' operating costs and the Building Fund as well as those who kindly donate towards the sponsorship of Tibetan nuns and monks.

As a member, you are entitled to -

• voting rights as well as standing for nomination to executive committee and Annual General Meeting.
  
• discounts on all classes, workshops and retreats
• several copies a year of the society's newsletter, Clear Mind
• access to our library of books, tapes and other resources

How to become a member

Download the Membership printable form (PDF 192 KB) and post or fax it to us with your credit card details, cheque or money order, or EFT remittance. 

You can use the same membership form for newsletter subscriptions, new memberships (which includes the newsletter), renewals and change of address details.

Fees

1. General membership - $100
2. Concession membership - $50
3. Lifetime/benefactor membership - $1500
4. Family membership - $150
5. Single year subscription to Clear Mind newsletter - $40

The annual membership fee is due and payable on 1 March each year. If you are joining mid-year you can pay pro-rata (eg if you are joining in October you would pay 5/12 of the total: that is, $62.50 for family membership, $42 for general membership and $21 for concession membership).

Committee

The Executive Committee for 2011 was successfully elected in at the AGM on 10 July 2011:

• President
  • Venerable Jampal
• Vice President
  • Lidija Trajkoska
• Treasurer
  • Rachel Weiss
• Assistant Treasurer
  • Kath Boswell
• Secretary
  • Greg O'Rourke
• General Member
  • Pam Cernak
  • Sandra Morgan
  • Patricia Parker
  • Lodhen Ngui
  • Sara Wilton

Sakya Losal Choe Dzong's committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting following the audit report of the financial year's accounts. Financial members are invited in writing to attend the election.

The society's committee meets monthly to discuss the affairs of the society at our Evatt Centre, ACT. Financial members are welcome to attend and contribute.

Volunteering

We welcome volunteers. The society functions through the goodwill of all those directly and indirectly helping its activities. Please let us know if you can help with -

• cooking
• cleaning
• computers
• programming
• office work
• transcribing
• typing
• proof reading
• graphic design
• photography
• building
• gardening
• or any other skills.

Building Fund

Tax-deductible financial contributions can be made to our school building fund. Projects such as SIBA Retreat Centre have been the beneficiaries of such donation.

Download the Building Fund printable form (PDF 176 KB) and post or fax it to us with your credit card details, cheque or money order.