Membership in the society

Radio Malaspina Society Membership is an affordable way to support the organization that runs CHLY 101.7FM, and is the first step to getting involved!

Community Members

The best way to pay your Community Member membership is to use the form on this web page. We encourage you to set it up to auto-renew to keep your membership current. Membership is required to volunteer at CHLY 101.7FM, as well as vote at our Annual General Meeting in October.

Community Membership is currently $30.

Student Members

IMPORTANT: If you are a student at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University, for the current or previous semester you are considered Student Member and are not required to pay the Community Member fee, as you pay already pay a fee via VIUSU.

You can however, choose to support us as a sustaining donor for $5/month, and receive an awesome cotton tote to lug your school books around in.

Voting Members

You must be a Voting Member to vote at an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting. Per our bylaws, Student Members are considered Voting Members, and Community Members are considered Voting Members after 30 days of membership.

Membership Terms

Per bylaw 2.5.1, Membership Terms for Community Members and VIU Members is based on our fiscal year (bylaw 9.4.1) of May 1st through April 30th of the following year.

Membership Terms for Student Members run one semester following the semester they are enrolled in and have paid fees for. In practice, for your average student enrolled in two semesters of classes, this would result in Student Membership for the Fall and Winter semesters, and the Summer Session (alternatively ‘Intersession).

Renewal of Membership

At the end of either Membership Term noted above, a member is considered not in good standing, and has six months to renew their membership, be it a Student Membership or a Community Membership. A Student Member who completes their studies may to renew as a Community Member to continue participating at the station as a volunteer.

So long as membership fees are unpaid, the member is not a Voting Member. After six months pass with membership fees unpaid, a member is terminated.

Membership Disclaimer

Membership gives you the privilege to vote at our Annual General Meetings, run for the Board of Directors and more. All volunteers are required to be either Student Members or Community Members. Membership does not guarantee station access or the opportunity to volunteer at the station, with its committees, or its projects.

A full copy of our Membership Policy can on our Governance page.

Pay your membership

Other Ways To Pay For Your Membership

  1. Pay your membership while making a monthly donation, or by making a larger one-time donation.

  2. Pay by credit card or debit-credit by phoning us at (250) 716-3410 to pay your membership.

  3. Pay in cash, credit or cheque at the station during office hours.

  4. Mail a cheque, made out to the Radio Malaspina Society, to the address below. Please include your home address, phone number, and an email address to be attached to your membership:

    CHLY 101.7FM
    #2, 34 Victoria Cres
    Nanaimo BC V9R 5B8
    Canada