• Membership subscription expiration is based on the Month the member joined CSAS.
• Members will be notified via email for subscription renewal.
• Starting in 2010, to renew you will need a MemberID and Password. If you don’t know/have these, please contact Bob Littin- e-mail
• Please read the “Types of Membership” and “Member Benefits” below, to determine the membership best suited for you and/or your family.

a. To Join, fill out the form, pick your type of membership, select Pay by Check. For a step by step walk-through of this process, please see the following pdf file:  CSAS Join Instructions (219)

b. To Renew, enter your MemberID and password. If you do not know your MemberID and Password, please contact us and we will give them to you. When you choose ‘Pay by Check’, you will be taken to a form in which you can pick your renewal type of membership and then submit payment and mail in form and check. For a step by step walk-through of this process, please see the following pdf file: CSAS Renewal Instructions (219)

2. For New Members(Individual/Lifetime), after you submit payment , you should be taken back to the CSAS website. You will receive a welcome email from CSAS with your MemberID and Password. When you ‘Pay by Check’, your application validation will take approximately 5-10 business days, from the time the application is mailed.

If, at any time, this process fails, please use the contact form in the “Problems?” tab below to contact us so that we can fix it! We want you to get the most out your membership with CSAS ! We also want to be responsive to your needs and welcome you to the local astronomy community!

• One full membership (one voting share) in CSAS and AL.
• One group membership to the IDA.
• One subscription to the Reflector (AL) newsletter.
• Club discounts on subscriptions to Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines.
• 10% discounts off of any astronomical book publication (administered through AL).
• Observing program awards (administered through AL).
• Access to the CSAS Members Only sections of our Forums. You will have to register for the forums and let them know that you are a CSAS member. And this is a separate process also unfortunately. The separate registrations and logins are not to be deliberately inconvenient — it is just the best that we can do right now. (Remember this is a volunteer organization!) We believe that what you get out of CSAS will be worth the minor inconveniences.
• The opportunity to give back to your community by participating in events and sharing your expertise, at whatever level.
• Access to our privately owned 40-acre observing site in Gardner, CO.

Individual: 1 person with voting rights and eligibility for CSAS officer.

Lifetime: 1 person with voting rights and eligibility for CSAS officer.  One time payment of dues.