The WNGEA has many types of membership programs. The primary membership that is the most important for the association is the Annual and Life memberships for members of the Wisconsin National Guard Enlisted members.   Click On the Membership Types below:

> ANNUAL

> LIFE

> ASSOCIATE

> HONORARY

> CORPORATE

 

Annual Member

All Active and Retired Enlisted members of the Wisconsin National Guard, or any other state National Guard may become annual members while serving, or having served in a federally recognized unit of the National Guard as traditional, Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Title 32, or Title 10 status, or have been honorably discharged as an Enlisted member of the National Guard of the United States, and pay annual dues in accordance with Annual membership dues policy.  Annual members of the WNGEA also are annual members of EANGUS.

Membership dues is approximatly one hours Guard Pay per year.

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Life Member

All Annual Enlisted members of the Wisconsin National Guard Enlisted Association are eligible to become life members. Life members shall pay dues in advance, in accordance with life membership dues policy, and shall remain a lifetime member until the time of their death.  Life members are paid up annual members.  Life members of the WNGEA are life members of EANGUS.   Life Memberships received will only be processed at the end of each month.  EANGUS assigns a Life Member Number when they process the application.  They will send out a Life Membership Card to the member.  The WNGEA will also send out a state Life Membership cared as soon as the EANGUS Life Member Number is known.

You may ask, "Why such a high cost?" The rate of $20.00 per year is at the E4-E6 level of annual membership. The annual rate for membership is always subject to increases over the years. With a life membership, you are locked in, and are not subject to the annual membership dues increases. Is this a good bargain?  If you are E4 and higher, you pay the annual rate of $20.00 or $30.00 per year. If you intention is to stay an active member of the WNGEA, then your paying in advance for a Life Membership will save you money in the long run when you are eventually promoted to a higher rank.

NOTE:  The Life Membership dues for EANGUS will substantialy  be increased effective 1 January 2011.   This was passed at the 2009 EANGUS Conference in Rochester, MN. State dues will be discussed at the 2010 state conference. If you are a serious about  your WNGEA membershp, you may want to look into a life membership NOW,  and save a few of your hard earned bucks for the future.  At age 60 and beyond, the estimated amount could be doubled to $300.00

LIFE MEMBERSHP COST PER YEAR TABLE CURRENT YEARS TO AGE RATE PER YEAR PLUS $150.00 AGE 60 $20.00 TOTAL ----------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- 30 30 $600.00 $750.00 31 29 $580.00 $730.00 32 28 $560.00 $710.00 33 27 $540.00 $690.00 34 26 $520.00 $670.00 35 25 $500.00 $650.00 36 24 $480.00 $630.00 37 23 $460.00 $610.00 38 22 $440.00 $590.00 39 21 $420.00 $570.00 40 20 $400.00 $550.00 41 19 $380.00 $530.00 42 18 $360.00 $510.00 43 17 $340.00 $490.00 44 16 $320.00 $470.00 45 15 $300.00 $450.00 46 14 $280.00 $430.00 47 13 $260.00 $410.00 48 12 $240.00 $390.00 49 11 $220.00 $370.00 50 10 $200.00 $350.00 51 9 $180.00 $330.00 52 8 $160.00 $310.00 53 7 $140.00 $290.00 54 6 $120.00 $270.00 55 5 $100.00 $250.00 56 4 $80.00 $230.00 57 3 $60.00 $210.00 58 2 $40.00 $190.00 59 1 $20.00 $170.00 60 0 $0.00 $150.00 60 PLUS FLAT FEE $150.00

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Associate Member

Any person that is not an Enlisted Member in the National Guard may purchase an Associate membership in the WNGEA, and pay dues in accordance with Associate membership dues policy.  

Types of persons that can become an Associate Member: Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, Other Reserve members, or Non Military civilians and Guard Members Children.

Associate Member Policy States that Associate members have no voting rights, and cannot hold an office on the Executive Council.  Associate members of the WNGEA do not become associate members of EANGUS. This type of membership receives a subscription to The State Association publication.

 

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Honorary Member

Any person not eligible to become an Annual member of the WNGEA can be nominated by any current member for an Honorary Membership. With the approval of the Executive Council the nominee may be granted an Honorary Membership. Nominees for consideration must be submitted in writing to the Executive Council with adequate justification how this individual has helped or performed a substantial service to the WNGEA or Wisconsin National Guard. The Honorary membership is for one year, and may be renewed annually with Executive Council approval, if individual is maintaining the substantial service. Honorary membership may be ended at any time with Executive Council direction. Honorary members of the WNGEA do not become honorary members of EANGUS. This type of membership receives a subscription to The Association publication.

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Corporate membership

Any business or person that may wish to support the WNGEA financially with a cash gift or bequeath will be awarded a corporate membership. These businesses or persons will receive a personal thank you certificate each time the membership is received, along with a subscription for The Association publication for one year. The name and location of the corporate member will be listed in each issue of the Association publication for the length of the membership period. If desired, each Corporate Member will receive a non-advertising article in a future issue of the Association Publication, and will be posted on the WNGEA website. Corporate members cannot vote or hold office in The Association. Corporate memberships of the WNGEA do not become corporate members of EANGUS. The Executive Council may after review, refuse any corporate memberships if they feel it is in conflict with the best interests of the WNGEA or National Guard.

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