2024 CWEMF Annual Meeting

Time to Join or Renew Your CWEMF Annual Membership

Dear CWEMF Members & Friends,

Happy New Year! As we enter 2023, we (1) encourage you to join or renew you CWEMF annual membership and (2) remind you that CWEMF modified its individual membership policy in 2021. Specifically, we changed the membership year to run from January 1 through December 31.  Please go to Become a Member for instructions on joining or renewing your membership for Calendar Year 2023.  You may pay annual membership dues online via PayPal or credit card.  You may also pay by check or money order via U.S. mail.  As part of your online payment, please fill out the membership application form and send it to: cwemf@cwemf.org.

For those members who are employed by an Organization Member, no actions is required.  Your membership is covered by your employer.

Background  

Prior to 2021, the CWEMF membership year ran from Annual Meeting to Annual Meeting.  This loosely-defined approach offered convenience for our members who attended the Annual Meeting.  This approach also offered administrative convenience in the years prior to the explosion of e-commerce, allowing us to collect membership dues at the same time as annual meeting registration fees.  However, this loosely-defined approach resulted in some confusion about membership renewal.  The CWEMF Steering Committee determined that the best remedy was to institute a well-defined calendar year as the CWEMF membership year.  We hope that you agree that this is a positive step for the organization.