Western Sea Kayakers Membership

Membership in Western Sea Kayakers is for one year, from your initial membership date.

Two types of membership are available: individual, or individual with child or children. All membership types have the same dues.

Membership includes:

• The opportunity to participate in club paddles and events.
• Liability insurance.
• Access to the members' only section of the Club website and access to the Club's members-only forum.

To become a member,

1. Download, print and complete a membership application.
2. Complete an online waiver as indicated in the membership application.
3. Send the completed application, and payment to the club treasurer. This can be done via e-mail or to the WSK post office box. Payment can be made with either check or PayPal.
• If sending by mail, make the check out to Western Sea Kayakers and mail to the address on the membership form.
• If submitting online, use PayPal for the payment and email a scan of the membership form. Follow the instructions on the form.

Western Sea Kayakers is a Paddle America Club of the American Canoe Association (ACA).

As of November 1, 2022, membership in the ACA is no longer required to be a WSK member. You have the option of joining the ACA directly with ACA. If you do that,

• Go to https://www.americancanoe.org/general/register_member_type.asp Click on "Individuals" and the yellow "Continue" button.
• Select ‘Western Sea Kayakers’ from the drop down menu for Paddle America Clubs. This will associate your ACA membership with WSK.

Within one to three weeks of receiving your application, the WSK Secretary will send you a Welcome Letter. Please check the spam folder of your e-mail if you don't see this in your inbox. It will include your log in credentials for access to the WSK Forum. If you haven't received a Welcome Letter within this time frame, please reach out to us - use the Contact Us link on the left menu.

Please note that memberships and renewals cannot be processed unless a waiver is submitted online. We must have fresh waivers every year for renewals as well as for each new applicant. Thank you for your help on this!

The membership and waiver forms are stored in PDF format and can be downloaded for printing, or they can be printed by clicking on the printer icon on the tool bar just above the display of the form itself. In order to display or print a copy of the forms, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. In most cases this will already be installed on your computer. If it is not, it can be downloaded from the https://get.adobe.com/reader/ web site.