Membership

• Focus: Membership applies only for piping (Great Highland Bagpipe) and pipe band drumming matters; no time or effort must be allocated to any other activity.

•  Application: Eligible pipe bands can apply for membership only once every 12 months.

• Acceptance: Membership of new pipe bands must be approved by at least 60% of the Association’s Board.

• Rights and obligations: New member pipe bands will have all rights and obligations – with the exception of voting rights – from the moment they join the Association.

Agreed: December 20th, 2003

1st Amendment: November 11th, 2009

Member registration (time-frame) updated July 21st 2020

May 4th 2021: Moved Member Registration from Membership to Obligations.

2023-09-08: added waiver ref evidence of teaching new pipers and drummers