SAISI - SAICE MEMBERSHIP FEES

Below is the table of proposed fees for 2007.

.	Entry/Transfer fees - (R)		Membership fee - (R)
Category	2006	2007	2006	Early Bird 2007 (Before 31/03/2007)	Late Payments 2007
Honorary Fellow (HF)	0	0	0	0	0
Fellow (F)	440	460	1755	1500	1860
Member (M):
*Engineer (Pr Eng)	440	460	1260	1060	1340
*Technologist (Pr Tech Eng)	440	460	1260	1060	1340
*Technician (Pr Techni Eng)	440	460	1260	1060	1340
*Other (Pr ….)	440	460	1260	1060	1340
Senior member (Pre 1997)  *Fellow  *Member	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Retired member  *Fellow  *Member  *Associate	0 0 0	0 0 0	360 360 360	290 290 290	382 382 382
Associate (A)  *Other	370	390	820	680	870
Graduate 5+ years  *Engineer  *Technologist  *Technician	370 370 370	390 390 390	1260 1260 1260	1060 1060 1060	1340 1340 1340
Graduate 0-5 years  *Engineer  *Technologist  *Technician	370 370 370	390 390 390	810 810 810	680 680 680	870 870 870
Student	0	0	325	270	345

TECHNICAL DIVISIONS

Division	Rate (R)
	2006	Early Bird 2007	Late Payments 2007
Water	150	137	159
Information Technology	150	137	159
Joint Structural	150	137	159
Transportation	150	137	159
Environmental	150	137	159
Railway & Harbour	150	137	159
Geotechnical	330	315	350
Project Management		0	0

PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP FEES

SAICE is the only organization that represents the Civil Engineering Profession as a whole.

Some years ago SAICE adopted a strategic plan to transform the Institution and also the way in which it did business, in order to serve its membership effectively in a fast changing environment. The implementation of the Strategic Plan has been highly successful. SAICE has, over the last number of years, been especially successful in establishing itself as a credible and well respected mouthpiece for Civil Engineering and has been instrumental in influencing various sets of legislation that have impacted on service delivery in South Africa. As such our standing with various organs of state, specifically the Department of Transport, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and the Department of Science and Technology is excellent. SAICE has also been active on the international scene, opening up new opportunities for all persons involved in Civil Engineering. In addition the Department of Provincial and Local Government and the Construction SETA, CETA, have close relationships with SAICE and various contracts are being executed on their behalf.

The role of the many volunteers who give freely of their own time can never be underestimated. However, without an effective and efficient organization to support and execute the many initiatives, the successes that have been achieved would not have been possible. Without the necessary funding SAICE would not have been able to function at the level of professionalism that is indispensable to project our image as a credible and respected organization.

SAICE is fully self-funding and receives no subsidies of any kind. This is desirable, as it maintains our independence and thereby our reputation as an “honest broker”. Nonetheless various avenues of increasing our income have been developed over the years, and at present about 40% of the annual income of the Institution is derived from sources and activities other than membership fees. An example is the income derived from advertising, which goes a long way in covering the cost of the Magazine, sales of documents and books and CPD events.

Over many years SAICE has effectively functioned on a break-even budget. In 2003 this was achieved by implementing cost-cutting measures and in some cases cancelling programmes like career guidance shows. The Finance and Administration Committee have again had to reduce expenditure for 2004 to counter an expected shortfall on income. Although this has not seriously affected the functioning of SAICE, it does put severe strain on already overstretched resources. In order to counter raising costs, and also to enable SAICE to continue with the initiatives that it has embarked on, to ensure the continued well-being of the Civil engineering Profession, it is necessary to adjust the membership fees by a modest amount. An increase of 6% on the membership fees is therefore proposed by the Finance and Administration Committee.

In terms of the Constitution, the proposed increase in membership fees has to be communicated to the membership to allow them to discuss the intention with their SAICE Council members. The proposed membership fees for 2005 are therefore published here as well as on the SAICE web page (civils.org.za) and will be considered at the next Council meeting.

Dr Martin van Veelen Pr Eng
Chairman
Finance and Administration Committee

NOTE:

• Each member may select any number of technical divisions of which one division is “free”.
• Geotechnical division members are paying for ISSMGE membership, which means that when members select GEOTECHNICAL as their only division, they will still have to pay R170.00.

  Contact Elsje Kruger for payment enquiries on +27 11 805 5947 or [email protected]

e-Mail Memory Scheepers @ SAICE for general membership enquiries