ALARA offers three types of membership: Individual, Affiliate and Organisational.

Individual Membership 

Membership is open to anyone interested or active in applying the practices of action learning and action research within community and organisational contexts. To join ALARA go to Contact Us .

Membership benefits include:

 Printed copies of the ALAR Journal published twice yearly;

• Opportunity to contribute to ALAR journal, with mentoring by the publication team available throughout the process; 
•  Access to ALAR journal back issues via the website
• Quarterly e-newsletter;
• Discounts at local ALARA events, conferences and world congresses;
• Advance notice via email and post of events and items of interest through the newsletter, website, and ALAR Journal;
• Opportunity to be mentored by other members on the submission of a paper at the Annual National Conference or World Congress;
• Access to the ALARA web site to participate in online discussions, and access the entire membership. Access includes a search engine for members by name, city, state, country and interest;
• Voting rights at the annual AGM or online if unable to attend;
• Opportunity to nominate for a Management Committee position;

If this appeals to you, find out how to become a member: Contact Us 

Affiliate membership

ALARA affiliate membership is open to peerprofessional AL and AR networks and associations. Such organisations share substantially similargoals and objectives in action learning, action research, process managementand participatory action research, and actively promote AR and AL through theirmissions and activities.

The benefits of affiliate membership include:  

• The voting rights of a single member through a nominated contact person as identified on membership form.
•  Special member discounts to ALARA events, conferences and World Congresses consistent with individual membership discounts.
•  Opportunities to sponsor ALARA events such as workshops, conferences and Congresses, and special editions of publications, to mentor ALARA members and be mentored by ALARA members, and gain valuable profile in the professional community.
•  One hard copy of the journals and the directory sent to the nominated contact person.
• A web link from the ALARA website <http://www.ALARA.org.au> to the organisations website if available.  The member writes their own descriptive paragraph to go with the link.
•  Notifications by email from ALARA about events or activities or resources
• Online access to ALARA’s considerable professional development resources.
• Receipt and contribution to ALARA’s newsletters.
•  Access to ALARA’s members for professional development and other delivery of AL and AR services as agreed.
• Discounted individual membership of ALARA. Individuals within organisational members can join as full members of ALARA at 50% of the normal fee. All individual members who take up this option are entitled to the same benefits as full fee paying individual members, with the exception that voting rights fall to the nominated contact person. 

 If this appeals to you, find out how to become a member: Contact Us 

Organisational Membership

ALARA offers three categories of organisational membership: Corporate, Professional and SME (small to mediumenterprise).

• Corporate membership is open to any business or organisation that employs more than 200 staff and has a demonstrated commitment to supporting the development and application of AR/PAR/AL practice.
• Professional membership is open to any allied professional organisation that support ALARA's objectives without necessarily themselves having comparable objectives e.g. a professional association in a specific discipline or a university department.
• An SME membership is open to any small to medium sized enterprise that employs 200 or less staff and has a demonstrated commitment to supporting the development and application of AR/PAR/AL practice. 

•  The voting rights of a single member through a nominated representative as identified on registration form.
•  Special member discounts to ALARA events, conferences and World Congresses consistent with individual membership discounts.
• 3 Opportunities to sponsor ALARA events such as workshops, conferences and Congresses, and special editions of publications, to mentor ALARA members and be mentored by ALARA members, and gain valuable profile in the professional community.
•  One hard copy of the journals and the directory sent to the nominated representative.
• A web link from the ALARA website <http://www.ALARA.org.au> to the organisations website if available.  The member writes their own descriptive paragraph to go with the link.
• Notifications by email from ALARA about events or activities or resources
• Online access to ALARA’s considerable professional development resources.
• Receipt and contribution to ALARA’s newsletters.
•  Access to ALARA’s members for professional development and other delivery of AL and AR services.
• Discounted individual membership of ALARA. Individuals within organisational members can join as full members of ALARA at 50% of the normal fee. All individual members who take up this option are entitled to the same benefits as full fee paying individual members, with the exception that voting rights fall to the nominated individual.
•  If 10 or more individuals from an organisation join ALARA at the time of organisational membership registration, the organisational membership is free of charge.