THE BERTRAND RUSSELL SOCIETY

Membership and Renewal Information

NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

By joining, you help to support the activities of the BRS, these webpages, and our shared interests and values. Current members: Don't remember if you've paid your dues? Check your membership status here.

Russell Society members receive three publications,

  • The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly (published in February, May, August, and November)
  • Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies (published twice a year by McMaster University), and
  • The Bertrand Russell Research Centre Newsletter (published once a year)

    Members also have the following privileges:

  • the right to vote in Society elections
  • the opportunity to attend the Society's Annual Meeting, and
  • the right to borrow materials from the BRS Library

    Members may be as active or inactive as they wish. All are encouraged to attend the annual meeting and otherwise take part in Society affairs by serving on a committee, contributing to the Quarterly, making a presentation at the annual meeting, or undertaking some special task. Some members are very active. Some wish merely to be kept informed.  

    TO JOIN THE BRS:

    Membership dues are:

    Individual, $35; Couple, $40
    Student, $20; Limited Income Individuals, $20.
    Add $4 for postage to Canada or Mexico.
    Add $10 for postage if outside North America.

    		To join, just send your membership dues to:

    Kenneth Blackwell, BRS Treasurer
    Bertrand Russell Research Centre
    McMaster University
    Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4M2

    First class postage to Canada from the US is $0.69.

    YOU CAN ALSO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY PAYING ONLINE

    You can now pay dues online by credit card using PayPal. Just go to https://www.paypal.com and open a free account. Then pay your dues by entering, when prompted for the recipient's e-mail address: brs-pp@hotmail.com. There is no charge to make a PayPal payment, which (foreign members take note) will be handled in U.S. Dollars. Be sure to state, when prompted for a message that PayPal will send as an e-mail message from you to our treasurer (Ken), the purpose of the payment. Include any change of name or address, but do NOT include your credit card information. Ken will send you an e-mail receipt, and update the membership records accordingly.

    Membership is on an annual basis, with renewals due on January 1. All new memberships are considered as retroactive to January 1, so that whenever you join, you will receive all the publications for that year. The one exception is for new members joining in October-December; their first "year" begins then and lasts through December of the following year.

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