Annual Membership Fee - September to June Campaign

This covers ties for new members, the detailed model cannon thank you gift we present to each speaker and the cost for our guest speakers' dinners.

• Full Members pay a yearly membership fee of $495.00, which covers all dinners and wine for the 8 meetings per campaign.

• Associate Members pay annual fee of $145 which does not include any dinners.
   

Regular Session Guests / Proposed Members

An individual can only be admitted as a guest twice in his lifetime. After having been a guest twice, the introducing Member must request the Junta to rule on the granting of Whiff membership to the proposed member.  If acceptable, he will be admitted to the next meeting upon a prorated payment of dues.

Dinner Dues (wine included)

Associate Members

Associate Members pay $75 for each dinner attended.

Prospective Members and Guests

All Members pay $75 per prospective member/guest for dinner.

To encourage new, younger members, Members will be charged only $50 for the first dinner that a prospective member who is under 50 years of age attends.

Methods of Payment

• Payment is immediate upon arrival and must be paid by the inviting member.
• Please pay by cheque or with VISA
• NO cash please.
  
  

No Show Policy

Enacted - November 1, 2010

The failure of a Member to notify the Whiff of a cancellation at least 30 hours in advance of the event will be considered a “no-show”.

• The no-show of an Associate, Out of Town or Alumnus Member or Guest of any Member will result in a charge to the account of the Member in the amount charged to the Whiff by the Facility for the dinner;

• Although Full Members have prepaid each dinner, timely cancellations by Full Members is still important as it will save unnecessary expense to the Whiff and it is also a matter of courtesy to your fellow Whiff Members.

Wine Pour Policy

Enacted by el Supremo - March 12, 2008

The following policy was enacted to help reduce wastage costs by having the wait staff only pour additional wine when explicitly asked and to comply with licensing regulations concerning SmartServe directives.

The B&R staff have been instructed to offer two glasses of wine, poured to a half glass level, to everyone attending a Whiff dinner - one before serving the appetizer and another one as the main course is being served.  After that point in the dinner service, and until the speaker is introduced, a server will circulate among the tables, watching for wine requests, which should be indicated by raising one’s glass.  The number of subsequent half-glass pours will not be limited, subject only to the requirement of the B&R’s SmartServe policy, which requires its trained staff to stop serving if a person is judged to have over-consumed.  When serving subsequent pours, the B&R staff has been instructed to not automatically offer wine to others at the table and to pour only for people who request it.  Please be mindful of, and inform your guests of, this policy and respect that the staff have been instructed, by your Junta, to serve according to this policy.