- STAC membership fees:
- Adult $35.00
- Family $70.00
- Junior $20.00 *(under 19, as of December 31/current year)
- Being a STAC member gives you:
- Insurance.
- Support for a WEB site.
- Funding for local races (MAP grants etc.).
- Funding for Travel and or expenses to inter-provincial and national competition's
- Funding and/or training of officials to ensure safe and fair races.
- Funding for elite athletes.
- Funding for training camps.
- Funding to promote National and inter-provincial events in Saskatchewan.
- Funding to promote development of local clubs.
- Funding to promote Saskatchewan with National Sport Governing Bodies (TriCan and ITU)
- Access to wind trainers and reference materials (subject to availability).
- Access to equipment to assist in putting on races (bike racks, buoys, signs, water jugs, print timers, laptop computer, printer) (subject to availability).
- Individual, Junior and Family memberships are included in High point series (presented with awards), are eligible to represent Saskatchewan on provincial teams, and are eligible for funding, in addition to insurance and newsletters. They are eligible for board positions and get a full membership vote at annual general meeting.
- Race Day members receive insurance and newsletters. Race Day memberships are only good for one race, if applying for race day membership please state which race it is for.
The above is a general description of what STAC tries to do. There is no hard and fast answer to whether or not it is to "your" advantage to become a full member instead of a race day member.
Probably 70% (educated guess) of your membership fee ends up coming back to the local club hosting a race, via MAP, or officials training, or indirect support with equipment and advertising. Some individuals may see more than this if they are eligible for performance funding. The race day fee is almost a money losing proposition for the provincial body, insurance costs are more than 1/2 the fee. It is a question of how much you personally want to be involved with the "sport" as a whole.
If you aren't sure if you will enjoy the competitive aspects of the sport, or don't train with a local club, and really are not interested in the "bigger" picture, the race day fee is intended to allow local organizers an inexpensive insurance fee. For STAC's purpose the race day fee allows us to declare you as a member which helps with obtaining funding based on membership and assists in advertising. The full membership fee implies that you are serious and are interested in active promotion of the sport.
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