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Special Centennial Membership Offer:
If you join The Book Club after September 1, 2011, your membership will be valid through December, 2012.
CURRENT MEMBERS: RENEW YOUR DUES
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
I would like to make a Centennial tax-deductible* contribution in the following amount:
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BECOME A MEMBER
Membership Application
Please print, fill-out, and return by mail, fax, or email to:
The Book Club of California
312 Sutter Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94108
Fax: 415-781-7537
Email: info@bccbooks.org
Note: Your membership sponsor should be a member in good standing of the Book Club of California.
In the absence of a sponsor, please write in “Membership Committee,” which will arrange for a short interview via email.
*Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. The BCC Federal Tax ID is 94-0332710.
ABOUT BCC MEMBERSHIP
Club membership is limited to 1,250 members, excluding Student members. When vacancies exist, membership is open to all who are in sympathy with its aims, and whose applications are approved by the Board of Directors.
There are 4 levels of BCC membership:
- Regular - $95 per year
- Sustaining* - $150 per year
- Patron* - $250 per year
- Student (with proof of student status) - $25 per year.
In addition, there is one special membership category:
Standing Order - Standing Order members receive all Book Club publications at a 15 % discount. This Standing Order is an agreement to purchase every Club book upon publication. All levels of membership may enter a Standing Order. Your support of the publications program is vital to its continuing success. If interested in becoming a Standing Order Member, please check the appropriate box on the Application form.
*Support from these categories helps fund Club programs.
Annual renewals are due by January 1 of every year.
Benefits of Membership
- Club hospitality in downtown San Francisco
- Monday night hospitality from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Lectures, exhibitions, workshops, and other BCC events
- Access to The Book Club of California Albert Sperisen Library collection of fine press books & ephemera printed in California and the West; books on printing history & the book arts; books on California history and literature; and bibliographies
- Book Club publications and exclusive Book Club collectibles
- 10% pre-publication discount on Book Club of California books
- 15 % discount on Book Club of California books for those with Standing Orders
- Quarterly News-Letter
- Annual keepsake
- Printed ephemera: invitations, book prospectuses, exhibition checklists, memorial keepsakes, and more
- Field trips and co-sponsored events with other allied arts organizations
- The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS) bi-annual newsletter, along with visiting privileges to more than two dozen bibliophilic organizations (such as The Grolier Club and the Rowfant Club
Those who wish to participate in the Club’s activities, or would like more information about them, are cordially invited to communicate with the Executive Director, Lucy Rodgers Cohen, by phone, 415-781-7532 or via email, LucyRCohen@bccbooks.org |