Membership

Membership in EGA

If you love to stitch, you will love EGA! You are invited to join us.

If you join as a member of a chapter, the annual dues include the following:

1. National dues of $55, (includes Needle Arts quarterly magazine and access to all correspondence courses and online courses shown on the national website); 
2. Carolinas Region dues of $6 (includes invitations to all region seminars, retreats, and educational activities), and 
3. Local chapter dues which range from $1 to $21 depending on the chapter. 

Dues are now paid online on the EGA website for primary chapter members and Life members.

It is possible to join more than one chapter. This is called “plural membership.” Plural members pay only the chapter dues for each additional chapter in the same region as their primary chapter, or pay chapter and region dues if their plural chapter is in a different region than the primary chapter. Plural members must pay their plural dues directly to the plural chapter.

If there are no chapters near you, you can join as a member at large (MAL). The dues are $55 for national membership. MALs do not officially belong to any region or chapter, but they do receive the national mailings and access to all correspondence courses and online courses shown on the national website.  Invitation to region activities varies by region.

There are also some online chapters.  Belonging to these groups gives you access to discussions, classes, and other education programs online. Find more information on the EGA website (https://egausa.org/chapter-map/) and search for online.

Guests are invited to visit a chapter for two meetings. After that, they are asked to join in order to attend additional chapter meetings.

You can find out more and join through the EGA National website, or to join as a member of a Carolinas Region chapter, click on “Region Chapters” on this website.