Pay Membership Dues Or Make a Donation
Online Membership Application Form
Applications can be mailed to: Central Indiana Grotto, PO Box 153, Indianapolis, IN 46206-0153
When meeting other cavers for the first time one of the first things in the conversation is always, “What grotto are you a part of?” It doesn’t take long to discover that when you respond with “CIG” you immediatly gain a certain amount of caver cred’.
In order to join the Central Indiana Grotto you are required to: Download application form. Submit to a grotto officer at one of the scheduled meetings. Pay regular dues. The CIG dues are $15.00 per year, prorated to expire at the end of the December Meeting. Family membership is available to persons who live in the same household as a regular member. Family membership is $7.50 per year. Family members do not receive the CIG Newsletter.
New members who are not members of the National Speleological Society (NSS) are designated associate members. Associate members may not hold office in the grotto. Upon joining the NSS they automatically become regular members. Associate members are required to join the NSS within one year.
Members under the age of 17 are known as youth members. Youth members may neither vote nor hold office. Young members who have made significant contributions to the grotto or speleology may petition the Executive Committee to designate them as regular members in spite of their age.
All CIG members sign a release relieving their companions and the cave owners from liability concerns.
The requirement to attend meetings and trips is designed to protect prospective members from expending large amounts of time and money only to discover that caving is not enjoyable to them.
The real world of caving is quite different from the adventure stories found in most caving books. Serious cavers who cannot meet these requirements because of work schedules or other real concerns may ask the Executive Board to waive one or more of these requirements.