How to Join / Renew Membership

You are welcome to join the society at any time. Subscription renewals are then due by the 28th February of each year. To join/renew membership please undertake the following steps:

A) Completion of the Membership Application Form or the 2012 Subscription Renewal Form and sending it to the Membership Secretary. If you need to change your contact address, please indicate this on the form. The 2011 renewal form is available at the bottom of the page.

B) Payment of membership fees can be made via:

• Online payment through PayPal (accepts all major credit/debit cards or a PayPal account)
• UK Members may pay by direct debit (download forms below)
• Completion of the credit/debit card payment details on the membership application/renewal form or enclosing a cheque with the form.

The current subscriptions rates apply: Individual Membership - £35; Student and Retired Membership - £20; Library Membership - £143. You may also wish to become a Foundation Member.

How to update your details on our membership database

To make sure we have the most up to date contact information for you, just fill in the form below with your name, TMS membership number (this can be left blank if it is not known) and then your current email and postal addresses, as well as any additional information you wish to convey to the membership secretary. If the form returns an error message, click 'back' on your web-browser to return to this page. Do not send any confidential and/or financial information via this form, as it is equivalently secure to sending an email to the membership secretary.

Society Membership

The Society currently has almost 650 members of which over 450 are individual members. According to the latest Directory of membership, 54% of the individual members were resident in the U.K., 23% in the rest of Europe, 23% in the rest of the world. In addition the Society has 174 Institutional subscribers from around the world (32% U.S.A., 31% Europe, 19% U.K. and 18% rest of the world). 

Honorary Membership is awarded to members who have made an outstanding contribution to The Society.

Individual and institutional members recieve access to the The Journal of Microplaeontology. Individual members also receive the Newsletter of Micropalaeontology and free entry to all TMS organised meetings, as well asdiscount on all TMS publications. 

Gift Aid

In order to help TMS keep the costs of membership down and raise more revenue, it is essential that as many members as possible complete Gift Aid Forms. This will enable the TMS to claim back your tax from the Inland Revenue for the benefit of TMS. It costs you nothing, requires only one form to be completed and lasts as long as you are a member. The Society is also able to claim back tax on subscriptions and donations back to 2001. Please help your society and complete the form and return to the Treasurer.

Downloads

Membership Application Form 2013 (pdf 369 KB) 
Subscription Renewal Form 2013 (pdf 367 KB) 
Gift Aid Form (pdf 112 KB)
Direct Debit Mandate Form (pdf 64 KB)