Affiliates

WLT Affiliated Group Program

(WLT Board Approved 10/10/2007)

1.1 Benefits of Affiliation
Consider the many good reasons to affiliate your group with the Writers' League of Texas beyond the prestige it brings to your group to be associated with the largest and best known writers' group in Texas.

1.2 Referrals of Prospective Members
As a Statewide organization, WLT is often the initial point of contact for writers looking to become members of not only WLT but also of writing groups located in their immediate area. The League will notify your group of these contacts so that you can invite them to your next meeting. We will also list your group on our website with your contact information.

1.3 Membership Commission
WLT Affiliated Groups receive a commission for every new WLT membership and renewal they submit to WLT. Affiliated groups retain $15 for each NEW membership and $2 for each renewal submitted. A NEW MEMBER is defined as any individual who has never been a member of WLT or any individual who has not retained a membership for two or more calendar years prior to the application submission.

1.4 Promotion
WLT will help you organize new groups by providing contact information for selected WLT members in your immediate area. You can invite these people to your initial organizing meeting. Also we will help promote your group's organizing meeting via our e-mail based newsletter Footnotes which we send weekly to our members. Also, any activities that you host beyond regular meetings can be included in Footnotes as well.

1.5 Speakers
Upon request, WLT will contact speakers who have presented at League meetings and assist with arranging a presentation to your group.

1.6 Seminars & Classes
As an affiliated organization, you may request that the League schedule seminars and classes in your area. Contact Steve Neubauer at wordwright@bigbend.net for a request
form.

1.7 Discount on Ads in The Scribe
Your affiliated group may purchase advertising in the monthly WLT newsletter, The Scribe, at 1/3 the going rate.

1.8 Recruit members
To become an affiliated writers' group, your group will need to have at least 10 members, four of whom will fill the officers' seats of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Fifty-one percent 51% of your voting members must always be members of WLT.

1.9 WLT Can Help
Writers' League of Texas staff and volunteers are available if you need assistance or have questions. If you are creating a new group, an open house is often a viable method of creating one. WLT can provide brochures about the WLT to help inform the public and recruit prospective members for your organization. We can also provide you contact information for existing WLT members in your area who might want to be part of your organization.

If you are organizing a new group or otherwise promoting literacy and elevating the art of writing, WLT can put you in touch with members with expertise in the fields you need.

For assistance, contact your Affiliated Group Coordinator Steve Neubauer at wordwright@bigbend.net or toll free at 877/380-3321.

Application Process

2.1 Required Forms (Requesting Groups will need to complete these forms and submit them to complete the application process.)

Completed forms should be mailed to Steve Neubauer at the following address:

WordWright.biz
Attn: Steve Neubauer
46561 S. H. 118
Alpine, TX 79830

Your application will be reviewed by the WLT Board of Directors at the next available board meeting, and you will be notified if your application has been approved shortly after the meeting.

NOTE: Six (6) affiliates will be approved during 2008; however, additional applicants may be placed on a waiting list.

Approval Process

3.1 The WLT Board of Directors will approve or disapprove your application.

3.2 Upon WLT Board approval, you will be presented with a Charter of Affiliation Certificate and begin to receive Affiliated Writer's Group benefits. To stay actively affiliated, you must complete and submit an Annual Report and have 51% of your members also be members of WLT. Your group's status will be changed to inactive should 6 months go by without our receiving an Annual Report. Your group can return to active status at any time by simply completing and submitting an Annual Report.

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