Each of the past two Monday's I've posted a simple message: When you join The Batavian Club, you are helping to support your favorite local news site. The simple message has been working. People have been joining.
The Batavian is blessed with strong support from the local business community, but advertising is only a portion of the revenue any local news organization needs to grow and provide well-rounded local news coverage.
That's not just true of an online news site like The Batavian. It's true of any local news organization.
A newspaper garners very important reader support by dropping a physical product on your doorstep or driveway. You pay for the product and delivery. Since we don't have a physical product to deliver to your home, we offer you a package of gift certificates to local businesses in exchange for your support.
Think of a membership in The Batavian Club as a voluntary subscription for all the great news you get online from The Batavian.
So, please use the options below and join today.
TO JOIN: Use PayPal buttons below, or to pay by check (annual only) or credit card, click here to download form. Or call (585) 250-4118 to pay by credit card.
We've set up four membership tiers -- Subscribe to the club monthly as one person or as a household, or annually at either of those levels.
Members receive a membership card, bumper sticker and a package of gift certificates to local businesses.
It's important to note, this isn't a subscription to read the site. Our stories remain free to read. This is a voluntary subscription with benefits (and we'll add benefits as it grows).
Join via PayPal below, or for annual and one-time memberships paid by check, click here to download this form (monthly, recurring payment memberships must be via PayPal or credit card.) To pay by credit card, use the form, or call (585) 250-4118.
Monthly Single Membership - $5 per month
Includes membership card and bumper sticker, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
Monthly Household Membership - $10 per month
Includes two membership cards and two bumper stickers, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
Annual Single Membership - $50 per year
Includes membership card, bumper sticker, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
Annual Household Membership - $100 per year
Includes two membership cards and two bumper stickers, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
Annual membership, one payment of $60
Includes membership card, bumper sticker, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
Annual household membership, one payment of $120
Includes two membership cards, bumper sticker, one package of gift certificates to local businesses.
I joined up a couple weeks
I joined up a couple weeks ago, does the monthly fee come out automatically each month?
Yes ... if you signed up for
Yes ... if you signed up for the monthly through PayPal.
Also, your membership card and gift cards should go out in the mail today.