Membership application process:

Membership application process

• Download Membership Application Form or request a form from the Secretary secretary@ithaca.org.au

• Return application form by email to secretary@ithaca.org.au

• Applicant will be notified in writing of acceptance of membership application by the Executive Committee.

• An invoice for membership will be issued following acceptance of the application.

Annual Membership Fees

Active Membership:  $35 *

Active Youth Membership $0.00

Social Membership:  $25* 

*Includes $5 membership fee payable to the  Ithacan Historical Society

The Ithacan Historical Society is an incorporated association affiliated with the Ithacan Philanthropic Society “The Ulysses”. Membership of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society includes automatic membership of the Ithacan Historical Society.

Membership applications processed in the last three (3) months of the year

On payment of the required membership fee, new members will be given the option to:

a.    use the payment as an advance payment for the following year’s fees. This means they will become “registered” members but not “financial” for the remainder of the year, and will therefore not be eligible for subsidised events and voting at Special General Meetings.

b.    allocate the fee payment to the current year, in which case they become “financial” members immediately, however, with the expectation they will receive a fee invoice for the following year soon after. 

Membership applications received prior to Annual General Meetings (AGMs), Special General Meetings (SGM) and Executive Committee Elections

Processing of such applications will be subject to a closing-off date and will not be considered by the Executive Committee until after the designated event. The closing dates will be:

a.    For an AGM/SGM, the day the Notice of an AGM/SGM is posted on the Society’s website

b.    For an Executive Committee Election, the day the election is called at an AGM.

Privacy Statement

The Ithacan Philanthropic Society (IPS) is committed to protecting the privacy of its members. All information provided to the Society will remain confidential and protected. It will be used only as outlined in the Privacy Statement on the Society’s website.

Use of photographs, digital images, video and audio recordings

On applying for membership, applicants will be asked to give their consent to the use of photographs, digital images, video and audio recordings for themselves and members of their immediate family including children under the age of 18 years for the purposes outlined below.

The IPS carries out ongoing communication and marketing activities 

• to communicate news and notices to members and friends of our community

• to maintain a positive profile in the Ithacan community as well as the broader Greek and Australian communities

• to celebrate the achievements of our Society

In doing so, photographs, digital images, video and audio recordings of members, their families and friends taken at IPS events may be used in the following ways:

• Online  - on the IPS website, the IPS Facebook, the eBULLETIN

• Publications – including but not limited to the Odysseus newspaper, Annual Reports, books published by the IPS

• Exhibitions – photographic, creative arts and historical 

• Promotional material –including, but not limited to, newspapers, magazines, brochures, programs.