CHGPA Membership Information

CHGPA memberships run from January 1st through December 31st and cost $40 per year. Membership fees for new pilots joining the club late in the year (eg, after October 1st) are often applied to the next year of membership, so that October through December are basically free. But please note that this can vary, depending on the details of the membership renewal system and current club policy.

Club dues are applied toward CHGPA's annual operating expenses, including: site insurance at High Rock, The Pulpit, Fisher Road, and Bill's Hill; the CHGPA website; production of Skyline; training-hill and site maintenance; land-owner gifts; and promotional events such as the annual Smithsonian Kite Festival on the National Mall and Become-A-Pilot-Day at the Udvar-Hazy aviation museum near Dulles airport.

Through your dues, you support and promote the sports of hang gliding and paragliding at the local level. We hope you agree that it is money very well-spent!

The CHGPA treasurer (treasurer@chgpa.org) handles club membership, and updates the club roster with any changes to your contact information. While the CHGPA does provide roster data to USHPA in order to maintain its chapter status, member information is not provided to any other outside person or organization. Ever!

To join CHGPA, simply complete the Club Membership Form, print it out, and then send it with your check to the treasurer:

Checks for club dues should be made out to CHGPA.

FYI:

• You may exclude yourself from the online versions of the CHGPA roster which are made available in the Members-Only area of the website. Simply check the appropriate box of the membership form.
• Addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses that you choose to provide will be available to all members via any hard-copy versions of the roster that the club provides to its membership.
• Flying membership in the CHGPA grants privileges for The Pulpit, Bill's Hill and Fisher Road.
• Any site acquisition and maintenance fund donations that you choose to make are tax deductible.
• If you have registered to participate in the CHGPA forums, supply your forum username on the membership form and we will add you to the 'CHGPA Members' group, which gives you additional forum capabilities (such as uploading photos).

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