Join the Club
Becoming a member of the United States Power Squadrons is quite simple.
You have located the Bellevue Sail & Power Squadron, now submit your application to our Membership Chair.
What are the requirements?
- Since USPS is a volunteer organization, it is essential that our members be willing and able to contribute their time, energy, and skills to the objectives of the organization, self education, civic service, and a family boating club.
- One of the core beliefs of USPS membership is that an educated boater is a safe boater. It should then come as no surprise that there was an educational requirement. Typically, this had been satisfied by completion of one of our public boating courses. However, recognizing that education is our reason to exist, most recently, USPS has elected to waive the educational requirements for all members. Your major reason for joining ought to be to improve your boating knowledge through human face to face classes, fostering exchange of experiences, and learning new techniques to keep yourselves off the rocks. If you want to cruise off-shore to Hawaii, we can show you how. Of course we have social events, and go out and practice what we learn on the water, with rendezvous’ at various marinas in Puget Sound and the Gulf Islands of Canada.
- Families are encouraged to join together so they may all learn how to keep themselves safe on the water.
If you have any questions about becoming a member, our Membership Chair will be happy to assist.
BSPS Dues Structure
1 May 2011
Streamlined Dues Schedule
The squadron is following the simplified offering from USPS, which now provides for only two categories of membership: Individual or Family. The Family classification includes the spouse as well as all children living at the same address. The dues rate for a Family is 150% of the individual rate.
New Member, Individual $79.00
New Member, Family $115.00
Annual Renewal, Individual $73.50
Renewal, Family $110.25
Note: the prices shown above include squadron, district, and national annual fees. As of 1 May 2011, there was a $2.00 increase of Nat’l dues for Individual members, and $3 for Family members, and squadron increase of $6 for individual members and $9 for Family members.
Youths between 12 and 18 years and Sea Scouts who are not Family Members may join in the Apprentice classification by paying $12.00 annually.
Life Members are members who have earned 25 merit marks are not obligated, but may choose to pay dues at the standard Individual membership rates.
Associate Members are members of other squadrons and pay annual dues of $20.00 for single, and $30 for household, but no district or national fees.
All values are annual and are billed at time of joining and renewals are a year later.
