Full Members
In order to become a Full Member of the Malta Humanist Association:
- use the Create new account function to create a login account and provide your contact and other details.
- After creating an account, go to the subscription page where you can pay your subscription via Paypal. The annual membership fee is €25. Youth members (under 25) pay €15. If you wish to pay using a method other than paypal, see alternative methods of payment.
Please check the statute of the MHA before joining.
Associate Member
If you do not wish to join as a Full Member but still wish to support the Association in its aims and objectives, you can join the Association's Facebook Group and be recognised as an Associate Member of the MHA.
Article 4 of the MHA statute, reproduced below, describes the membership criteria for the Association.
4. Membership
1. There shall be two classes of membership in the Association, Full Members and Associate Members
2. Full membership will be open to any person who shares the aims of the Association and joins the Association by submitting the requisite form in the manner determined by the Committee and paying any membership dues as may be determined by a General Meeting.
3. Persons choosing not to become full members of the Association, but who would like to retain a formal relationship with the Association, may do so by becoming associate members of the Association. Associate members must adhere to the aims of the Association, may attend meetings as non-voting participants, and may participate in online activities. Associate Membership will normally occur through a person joining any Internet group that the Committee determines qualifies the person for Associate Membership.
4. The organising committee may refuse to admit as a member, or terminate the membership of, any person whose conduct is, in its opinion, inconsistent with the aims of the Association.
5. Any member may withdraw from the Association by notifying the organising committee of his resignation in writing.
6. The amount, if any, of annual membership dues to be paid by Full Members is to be determined at a General Meeting upon consideration of a recommendation made by the Committee.
The aims of the association as summarised in the organisation's statute are -
1. to promote Humanism in Malta by encouraging a greater knowledge of Humanism among its members and the wider community;
2. to elaborate, and express publicly, humanist positions on issues of concern;
3. To provide a forum for the intelligent exchange of ideas for those seeking fulfilment in an ethical secular life;
4. to propose such legislation as is likely to facilitate the achievement of the Association's aims;
5. to help develop, through open discussion, the moral basis of a secular Humanist society and encourage ethical practices within our own membership and the wider community;
6. to engage with national and international Humanist organisations, thereby providing its members with information and access to a wider world of Humanist interest and cooperation.
7. to help develop educational programs and Internet content focusing on secular ethics, science, history and critical thinking for members, their children, and the public at large as alternatives to supernatural interpretations of the human condition;
8. to collaborate with other voluntary organisations in Malta, in Europe and elsewhere which have an interest in developing and achieving similar objectives;
9. to take action within Malta, and within the world at large, to improve the conditions of humanity and denounce bigotry, intolerance, and the persecution of ideas
10. to organise talks and other events for Humanists and the wider community;
11. to engage in any other activities which are consistent with the principles of Humanism.