The Guild has 4 Membership categories: Regular, Business, Charter and Honorary. New and Renewing members are either Regular or Business.
Note that dues were increased to their current level on October 1, 2025, to compensate for increased operation costs. This increase necessitated a change in the Guild Bylaws which was approved by the Membership at the Guild’s Annual Meeting on March 12, 2025.

Regular Memberships:

Regular Membership includes access to the monthly Newsletter and the Guild Directory, receipt of news and updates via eNews emails, access to the Guild’s extensive library of books, videos and periodicals, and privilege to participate in the annual 5-day Retreat.

We offer three types of Regular Membership:
     Regular ($35/year)
     Regular New Member – 1st year only ($25)
     Regular, Family of two, same household ($60/year).

Business Memberships:

Business Membership ($45/year) is for anyone interested in basket making who wishes to be known as a business, and is an option designed for authors, teachers, vendors, lecturers, artists, etc. who provide a service or product.

In addition to those privileges of a Regular Membership, Business Members are included in a separate listing in the Guild Directory with links to business websites, one free (per year) 1/4 page advertisement in the Guild Newsletter, and permission to send mailings to the Guild Membership.

Information below explains how Business Members can access these extra benefits. Please contact the appropriate person to initiate the first 3 items on this list..

1. Listing and link on Guild’s Web page
Please contact: webadmin@nwbasketweavers.org (currently Richard Vogt)
Provide: Your name, your business name, web link, and a one line description.
For examples see: https://www.nwbasketweavers.org/links-and-resouces/

2. May make announcements to the membership via Guild email (e.g. eNews) limited to once per month.
Please contact: enews@nwbasketweavers.org 

3. One free, non-time-sensitive, 1⁄4 page ad in Guild’s newsletter.
Please contact: newsletter@nwbasketweavers.org (currently Louie Shellenberger)
Provide: Advertisement information in a word document, .JPG, or .PDF, or even just in an email. Note that your ad my be reformatted to fit into the available space.

FYI – general Newsletter advertisement info: 1/4 Page @ $5.00, 1/2 Page @ $8.00, Full Page @ $15.00. Payment must accompany camera-ready copy. CLASSIFIEDS – 3 lines $1.00. Run the same ad for three consecutive issues and receive a 10% discount. Contact newsletter@nwbasketweavers.org

4. Directory listings.
In addition to being listed with the general membership, Business Members are also automatically listed in a concise Business Section of the Directory
If necessary, please contact: membership@nwbasketweavers.org