Participation Menu > Fees & Receipting > Complimentary Membership

Use this procedure at least once per year to assign complimentary membership to selected participants. Typically, complimentary membership means that membership fees are waived. Course fees may also be waived but this depends on options selected in Add/Edit Courses. Finally, postal fees may also be included as complimentary. This is defined in Membership Fees.

Complimentary membership is applied to a year. The default year is the last year defined in Add/Edit Enrolment Terms. You may select an alternate year if required.

The software provides check boxes for you to identify membership groups to be made complimentary. The check box, Assign to Life members is automatically ticked and cannot be unticked. All other check boxes are optional.

You may add complimentary membership to other members not otherwise part of the groups listed via the section titled, Assign Ad Hoc Complimentary Members. Note that multiple members may be assigned simply by selecting multiple entries in the Assign to Members editor. Use the Reason field to explain why.

Finally, you may remove complimentary memberships previously assigned using the section titled, Remove Complimentary Membership. Again, multiple participants may be removed at once.

When you are satisfied with your selection, click the Process button. After a short period of processing the system will return to the Home screen. During processing the software will...

1.Set the Financial Year to the year selected.

2.Create a zero-value cash receipt to document the complimentary status of the participant.