{"id":3271,"date":"2024-03-30T19:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/?page_id=3271"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:07:58","slug":"joining-bat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/joining-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining BAT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attend a meeting! Check us out, free trial. If you decide to join, there are yearly membership dues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have several levels of membership:<br><br>1)&nbsp;<strong><u>Regular Membership<\/u><\/strong>: A Regular Membership shall be open to all persons eighteen (18) years of age or older who are interested in woodturning. ($30\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2)&nbsp;<strong><u>Family Membership<\/u><\/strong>: A Family Membership is available to all people living together in a single household age ten (10) or above who are interested in woodturning. ($45\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3)&nbsp;<strong><u>Junior Membership<\/u><\/strong>: A Junior Member is any person between and including the ages of ten (10) and seventeen (17) who is interested in woodturning. ($20\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4)&nbsp;<strong><u>Military Membership<\/u><\/strong>: Active Duty military personnel meeting the criteria for regular membership. ($15\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5)&nbsp;<strong><u>Military Family<\/u><\/strong>: Active Duty military personnel and their family members (see Family Membership above). ($30\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6)&nbsp;<strong><u>Century Club<\/u><\/strong>: Same as a Regular membership but is an option for those that want to contribute to the club at a higher level. ($100\/year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To join, just fill out a membership form and pay the dues associated with the membership level you desire. Dues are based on the calendar year and are due every January.   Join in September or later and you\u2019re good for the next year also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><u>You have two options on how to do this.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><u>Option 1<\/u><\/strong><br><br>Fill out the membership form online and pay your dues using PayPal or a credit card,<br>all in one easy step.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/new-membership-form-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-on-line-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-on-line-button.jpg 304w, https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-on-line-button-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><u>Option 2<\/u><\/strong><br><br>Print out the membership form, fill it out,<br>and submit it with cash or check at a meeting, or mail the form with a check to our membership person, Mary Hansen<br>(her address is on the form).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BAT-Membership-Application-2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-mail-in-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-mail-in-button.jpg 304w, https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/join-mail-in-button-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attend a meeting! Check us out, free trial. If you decide to join, there are yearly membership dues. We have several levels of membership: 1)&nbsp;Regular Membership: A Regular Membership shall be open to all persons eighteen (18) years of age or older who are interested in woodturning. ($30\/year) 2)&nbsp;Family Membership: A Family Membership is available &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/joining-bat\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","nodate","item-wrap"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3271"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4952,"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3271\/revisions\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimoreareaturners.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}