Membership Fees

Below is the table of proposed fees for 2010.

.	Entry/Transfer fees - (R)		Membership fee - (R)
*Category*	*2009*	*2010*	*2009*	Early Bird 2010 (Before 31/03/2009)	*Late Payments 2010*
Honorary Fellow (HF)	0	0	0	0	0
Fellow (F)	565	615	2119	1590	2210
Member (M):
*Engineer (Pr Eng)	565	615	1775	1390	1930
*Technologist (Pr Tech Eng)	565	615	1775	1390	1930
*Technician (Pr Techni Eng)	565	615	1775	1390	1930
*Other (Pr ….)	565	615	1775	1390	1930
Senior member (Pre 1997) Fellow Member	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Retired member Fellow Member *Associate	0 0 0	0 0 0	506 506 506	395 395 395	550 550 550
Associate (A) *Other	480	520	1156	905	1255
Graduate 5 years Engineer Technologist *Technician	480 480 480	520 520 520	1775 1775 1775	1390 1390 1390	1930 1930 1930
Graduate 0-5 years Engineer Technologist *Technician	480 480 480	520 520 520	1156 1156 1156	905 905 905	1255 1255 1255
Student	0	0	456	360	495

TECHNICAL DIVISIONS

Division Rate (R)

2008 Early Bird 2009 Late Payments 2009

Water 195 185 215

Information Technology 195 185 215

Joint Structural 195 185 215

Transportation 195 185 215

Environmental 195 185 215

Railway & Harbour 195 185 215

Geotechnical 425 405 470

Project Management 195 185 215

Joint Civils 195 185 215

NOTE:
• Each member may select any number of technical divisions of which one division is “free”.
• Geotechnical division members are paying for ISSMGE membership, which means that when members select GEOTECHNICAL as their only division, they will still have to pay the additional R255,00.

PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP FEES

SAICE is the only organization that represents the Civil Engineering Profession as a whole.

Some years ago SAICE adopted a strategic plan to transform the Institution and also the way in which it did business, in order to serve its membership effectively in a fast changing environment. The implementation of the Strategic Plan has been highly successful. SAICE has, over the last number of years, been especially successful in establishing itself as a credible and well respected mouthpiece for Civil Engineering and has been instrumental in influencing various sets of legislation that have impacted on service delivery in South Africa. As such our standing with various organs of state, specifically the Department of Transport, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and the Department of Science and Technology is excellent. SAICE has also been active on the international scene, opening up new opportunities for all persons involved in Civil Engineering. In addition the Department of Provincial and Local Government and the Construction SETA, CETA, have close relationships with SAICE and various contracts are being executed on their behalf.

The role of the many volunteers who give freely of their own time can never be underestimated. However, without an effective and efficient organization to support and execute the many initiatives, the successes that have been achieved would not have been possible. Without the necessary funding SAICE would not have been able to function at the level of professionalism that is indispensable to project our image as a credible and respected organization.

SAICE is fully self-funding and receives no subsidies of any kind. This is desirable, as it maintains our independence and thereby our reputation as an “honest broker”. Nonetheless various avenues of increasing our income have been developed over the years, and at present about 40% of the annual income of the Institution is derived from sources and activities other than membership fees. An example is the income derived from advertising, which goes a long way in covering the cost of the Magazine, sales of documents and books and CPD events.

Over many years SAICE has effectively functioned on a break-even budget. In 2003 this was achieved by implementing cost-cutting measures and in some cases cancelling programmes like career guidance shows. The Finance and Administration Committee have again had to reduce expenditure for 2004 to counter an expected shortfall on income. Although this has not seriously affected the functioning of SAICE, it does put severe strain on already overstretched resources. In order to counter raising costs, and also to enable SAICE to continue with the initiatives that it has embarked on, to ensure the continued well-being of the Civil engineering Profession, it is necessary to adjust the membership fees by a modest amount. An increase of 6% on the membership fees is therefore proposed by the Finance and Administration Committee.

In terms of the Constitution, the proposed increase in membership fees has to be communicated to the membership to allow them to discuss the intention with their SAICE Council members. The proposed membership fees for 2005 are therefore published here as well as on the SAICE web page (www.civils.org.za) and will be considered at the next Council meeting.

Dr Martin van Veelen Pr Eng

NOTE:

Each member may select any number of technical divisions of which one division is “free”.
Geotechnical division members are paying for ISSMGE membership, which means that when members select GEOTECHNICAL as their only division, they will still have to pay R170.00.
INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES FOR PAYMENT:
- Please ensure that you identify yourself (name, membership or invoice number), since any unidentified payment will be placed in the suspense account and you will continually receive statements from SAICE.
- An electronic transfer can be made as follows :
- You may make payment by cheque :
- Overseas members may use their credit card to make payment, because the bank transmission costs on overseas draft are very costly for SAICE. (South African members can unfortunately not make use of this facility asyet since a 5% commission is charged on the value of the transaction)
- You are permitted to pay your membership fees in 3 instalments, provided that these payments are completed before 31 March 2008.
- If your employer pays your membership fees, please ensure that a comprehensive list detailing the name and membership number of all individuals for whom payment is being made, accompanies the cheque or deposit slip.
- Please note the deadline date for the “early bird” payments, viz 31 March 2008, as well as that the SAICE Constitution requires that membership fees are due by 1 January 2008.
- And lastly remember that membership fees are tax deductible.

Contact Elsje Kruger for payment enquiries on 27 11 805 5947 or ekruger@saice.org.za