Join the Heritage Fruits Society

In truth, you don't have to join HFS as a member to be involved with HFS activities! But being a member will definitely give you the warm fuzzies: you'll be helping to sustain the delightful community-focussed group which maintains and develops one of Australia's most important heritage fruit collections. 

Current HFS members are also offered a few practical benefits:

• Voting at the AGM 

• complimentary heritage scions (limited to two per year)

• 50% off for purchasing one of our grafted trees (limited to one per year)

• 50% discount for attending one of our Apple Tastings (limited to one per year)

• occasional special invitations to visit other heritage fruit collections or to our own members-only events

HFS memberships are all annual, and are valid until the following July 1st with a pro-rata fee. Paid members can expect to receive a renewal reminder by email a few weeks prior to this date.

Optionally, please notify us by email if you are able to donate any amount, large or small, to the Society. HFS has tax-deductible gift status for donations over $2.

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If you have not already done so, subscribe here for our free monthly email newsletter. This is independent of becoming a member.

JOINING HFS AS A MEMBER

To become a Heritage Fruits Society member, please complete the following steps:

Follow this link or the "Join Up" button at the top of the page

Select one of the available membership types

Member This is for a single member and will be charged the Member rate, and sent reminder emails 

Family This is for the first member of the family and will be charged the Family rate, and sent reminder emails 

Family Member For subsequent members of the same family - this is optional but allows others to access the members only documents. Please enter the Family member's email in the primary member email field

Other member types which have no membership fees , but you cannot select these

Event Attendee If you are enrolling for an event but are not a member this will be selected for you.  

Life Member Granted by the committee for exceptional dedicating and long term commitment to the organizations goals

Volunteer Granted by the committee to members who regularly attend the working bees 

INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS THE MEMBER PORTAL ONCE JOINED

We use MemberWizard for our member management and members only literature. 

The portal can be accessed on any internet connected device but is especially useful for mobile phones or tablets as it allows a member to access their member record, pay fees and if necessary prove their membership.

If you are already a member you can login with this link  or the "Member Portal" button in the footer

This is information on the use of the Member Portal provided by Member Wizard

The portal can be accessed on any internet connected device but is especially useful for mobile phones or tablets as it allows a member to access their member record, pay fees and if necessary prove their membership.

INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS

1. Access the login page with this link  or the "Member Portal" button in the footer

2. If you are the only member using the email address registered with your organisation you can register with your email address. If you share your email address with another member (eg Family Members) you will need to use your Member Number to register.
3. Whether you have entered your email address OR your member number, a security code will be sent to your registered email address.
4. The security code is valid for 24 hours so if you need to return to the site you can simply enter your email address or member number then enter the code you received earlier.
6. If you do not have a valid email address then you will need to contact the email address listed for the support of the Portal for your organisation. They will be able to update your email address into your record so you can obtain the security code.
7. On registration you will be asked to enter a password or a PIN. In future when you return to this page you will be able to login with just your email address (or member number) and your password. Registration needs only be carried out once unless you forget your password or PIN in which case you will need to re-register.

TROUBLESHOOTING LOGGING ON

If the system is unable to verify your email address please check:
1. If you have attempted to register using your email address and you share this address with another member then you need to use your member number.
3. If the system advises that you are not permitted to access the Portal then you need to contact your organisation as it could be that either your membership is Inactive or your membership type has not had Portal access enabled. 

USING THE MEMBER PORTAL

The Home screen will show you your Membership status including any outstanding amounts.
1. You can pay any outstanding amounts by clicking the Pay Owing button.
2. You can view your member statement by clicking the Statement button.
3. You can pay your Membership Renewal by clicking the Pay Subscription button.
4. You can view your enrolled Classes by clicking My Classes button.
5. You can enrol in more classes by clicking the Classes and Events button.
6. You can update your personal details by clicking Change my Contact Details
7. You will be able to view documents we make available only to members such as newsletters.
8. You can obtain Help by clicking the Help button in the top right corner. This will give you the email address of the person at your organisation who is the nominated Portal Assistance member.
9. You can return to the main Portal screen at any time by clicking the Home button in the top left of the screen.

USING THE PORTAL AS A TUTOR

We do not use this functional. Ignore the instruciton below.

If you are registered as a Tutor in your organisation’s database and your registration has the box checked which grants you Portal management access then you will see a button marked Tutor Portal.

In the Tutor Portal you will be able to view your Classes and the students enrolled and waitlisted. You will be able to manage these lists – move students from wait listed to enrolled, email your students, view their contact and emergency details. If your organisation has permitted it, you will be able to SMS your students in emergency situations where email is not appropriate due to timing.

You will also be able to manage Attendance Sheets and Attendance recording.

If you can not see the Tutor Portal menu button please contact your organisation and have them check the box marked Enable Portal Access on your Tutor record in the system.