Contact & Membership
Membership Information
The following membership categories are open for application:
- Ordinary Member – A person suitably qualified as a Geneticist (par. 2.1.6 of the constitution) may apply in this category.
- Associate Member – A person who is formally engaged in advanced study or training to be qualified as a Geneticist (i.e. registered for postgraduate level studies or as a candidate scientist), may apply in this category.
- Affiliate Member – A person who has limited training as a Geneticist (e.g. an undergraduate student or lay hobbyist) or is trained in a complementary discipline, but nevertheless has shown a keen interest in Genetics or the SAGS may apply in this category.
- Retired Member – Upon reaching retirement from professional duties, a paid-up member may apply for retired membership of the Society at a nominal fee at the discretion of the ExCo.
Applications must be made in the prescribed form to the Secretary (secretarysags@gmail.com). An non-refundable application fee equivalent to the membership fee will be payable, and be converted to a membership if the application is approved by Council.
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FAQ
SAGS collects membership fees on a biennial basis to coincide with years in which we have a congress. Registration for a congress, regardless of what kind of member attends the congress, includes a two-year membership until the next conference.
BSc Honours students enjoy free membership for the duration of their Honours year, or until the next SAGS conference. For other students, the membership is R150 for two years until the next conference (pro rata). A two-year membership is included in registration for a SAGS conference.
SAGS collects membership fees on a biennial basis to coincide with years in which we have a congress. Registration for a congress, regardless of what kind of member attends the congress, includes a two-year membership until the next conference.
The next SAGS conference will be held in the Free State (South Africa) in the second half of 2018. It will be a joint conference with the South African Society for Bioinformatics. (PLEASE UPDATE)
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