What is guest membership?
A. Eligibility:
Guest Membership may be conferred upon anyone who the MCR believes would benefit from MCR membership, including but not limited to:
- spouses/partners of Ordinary Members, and
- visiting graduates coming to Oxford to do work under the aegis of a Fellow of the College.
B. Benefits:
Guest members are entitled to use all MCR facilities and to attend all MCR events.
For this purpose, the MCR IT Officer will maintain a mailing list of all current MCR guest members.
- As such, proposers are required to send the contact email address of their guest member(s) to the IT Officer once Guest Membership is approved.
Guest members are also eligible to receive a key fob for access to MCR facilities.
- This may be collected from the Porters Lodge when the Vice President has made such arrangements with the Lodge, which will happen shortly after the General Meeting where Guest Membership was conferred.
Specifically, guest membership includes:
- Access to College via the Porters’ Lodge between 6am – 11:59pm
- Access to the MCR and MCR Computer Room.
Guest membership does not include access to other college facilities (e.g. the Library; meals in Hall).
C. Guest Membership Charges:
Guest Membership Charges
The charge for Guest Membership is the same as Ordinary Membership, which is currently £13.50 per term.
Guest Membership charges will be added to the Battels of the Ordinary Member who proposes the guest, on a termly basis. Please note that the proposer is liable for any fees incurred following loss of their guest member’s fob or failure to return a fob to the Porters Lodge promptly on the termination of a Guest Membership, currently £30.
D. Cancelling Guest Membership:
Guest Membership remains in force for the duration of the proposer’s time as an Ordinary Member – i.e., until they graduate. Guest Membership fees will continue to be charged throughout this period.
Once membership has ended, the Guest loses their access rights to College and MCR facilities and events.
- Former guests remain eligible to reapply via the ordinary eligibility conditions (A.).
The proposer may end their Guest’s membership through either (a) leaving the MCR (whether as a graduate or otherwise), or (b) informing the Treasurer and Vice President.
If you (a Guest) wish to cancel your membership, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
- You will need to return your fob to the lodge upon doing so.
Nominations:
If you wish to nominate a guest member, please fill out the following form by the Sunday before the GM at which you would like to propose your guest membership.
In the “Supporting information” box, please present a brief case for your guest member, addressing:
- how MCR guest membership would benefit them
- how they will contribute to the MCR