Protistology-UK Membership Policy:

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• Membership is FREE!

• Membership of Protistology-UK (henceforth P-UK) shall be open to all adults1 (i.e.,18 years or older) who are interested in furthering the objectives of P-UK. Membership can be obtained by registering directly though P-UK (https://www.protistology.org.uk/join-p-uk). Currently, there is no membership fee when joining directly through the P-UK website, although this may change in the future,  as decided by the Executive Committee.

• New members will receive an email welcoming them to P-UK and will receive updates (e.g., when meetings are announced or changes are made to the membership).

• P-UK will retain members’ details (e.g., i. contact details, ii. scholarly/business affiliation, country of residence, iii. protistological interests, and any other details that are requested when registering for membership). P-UK will reserve the right to contact members strictly for matters associated with the running of P-UK. 

• P-UK will not provide members’ details to any third party.

• The Executive Committee may unanimously and for good reason terminate the membership of any individual, provided that the individual concerned shall have the right to be heard by the Executive Committee, accompanied by a friend or representative, before the final decision is made2

• The Executive Committee may create any class of member it deems necessary and may determine what benefits or rights such members may have, and may lay down procedures for the introduction of prospective new members to P-UK. 

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1Following the Equality Act 2010, P-UK will not discriminate against any adult because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.  

2 If the member is contacted by the email address that they provided to P-UK and they do not respond, then P-UK waives their right to be heard by the Executive Committee.