Important News About Membership

Since February 2010 Eco-Congregation Scotland has been a registered charity with a formal membership structure. Members nominate the board members and approve policies at the AGM. The board are accountable to the AGM and ultimately to the members.

For this to work, the membership should consist of as many eco-congregations as possible. At 15th June we had 52 members out of 277 registered Eco-Congregations.

Ewan Aitken (Chair of Eco-Congregation Scotland) recently wrote to all registered congregations who are not members asking them to join and this has resulted in a number of new applications for membership. If your congregation is not a member please consider joining now. The membership form (PDF file) can be found here: www.ecocongregationscotland.org/form.

The board will also be opening up associate membership (which already exists, but has never been used) as a way for individuals to support the work.

The Eco-Congregation Scotland Board is considering a proposing a membership fee to the AGM in March 2012. Membership fees would be ring fenced to pay for supporting the local networks and new congregations coming into our movement. Visible financial support from our members also helps with other funders as it proves that we have grass roots support.

These developments will help us to continue developing Eco-Congregation Scotland and ensure that it is representative of congregations on the ground.