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Common questions

• Who can join the Society?

  Every AUIB student: students in a degree, and students in the English Language Academy on the way to one. Faculty, staff and alumni join as Associate Members; everyone else 18 or older can make a guest account.

• Are there dues?

  No. The Society has no dues, prices or payments.

• How do I join?

  Go to auibsal.org/join and sign up with your AUIB email. It takes three short screens: your address and password, your name, and the agreements.

• I’m not an AUIB student. Can I take part?

  Yes, as a guest: you can RSVP to open events and write for Qirtas in any section but Games. Faculty, staff and alumni can ask for Associate membership on the Join page.

• What’s the difference between a Member, an Associate and a guest?

  Members are AUIB students: they vote, hold office and can win the Mutanabbi Prize. Associates (faculty, staff and alumni) and guests come to events and write, but don’t vote.

• I’m under 18. Can I join?

  Yes, if you’re an AUIB student. A parent gives consent once by a link we email them; until then your account stays private.

• How do I RSVP to an event?

  Open the event on Events and choose RSVP. Its confirmation stays on the page and comes by email; if it’s full, you join the waitlist.

• How do I cancel an RSVP?

  Open the event, or Your account → Calendar, and choose Cancel before it starts. Your place goes to the next person on the waitlist.

• How do I write for Qirtas?

  Go to Write for Qirtas (auibsal.org/qirtas/submit), pick a section and send your work. You get an email with a record number, then one at each step.

• Is my work read without my name?

  Yes. Readers see your work without your name until a decision is made. Letters to the editor and outside opinion pieces are the exception: they carry your name.

• How do I get a role?

  Open Get involved, choose an open role and apply. Each opening says what it involves and the hours it needs.

• Where is my membership card?

  In Your account, with its live code for the door. You can add it to Google Wallet from there.

• How do I change the name shown on the site?

  Your account → Settings → Profile. You can change the name you’re shown by at any time, in each language. Your legal name is changed only by the Director of Membership, on your request.

• How do I set up two-step sign-in?

  Your account → Settings → Two-step sign-in, with an authenticator app on your phone. Signing in with a passkey counts as two steps on its own.

• I forgot my password.

  On the sign-in page, choose “Forgot your password?” and we email you a link to set a new one.

• How do I stop the Society’s emails?

  Use the unsubscribe link at the foot of any newsletter, or Your account → Settings → Notices. Emails about your account and security always come.

• How do I download or delete my data?

  Your account → Settings: “Download your data” gives a readable page and a file; “Delete my account” deletes it after 30 days, unless you sign in again first.

• How do I raise a concern?

  Use “Raise a concern” at the foot of any page. It goes only to those who must handle it, never to the person it’s about.

• How do I ask for a photo or video of me to be removed?

  Use the removal request on Contact. What you point to is hidden at once while staff look at it.

• How do I reach the Society?

  Contact routes your question to the right person and says when to expect an answer. The general address is hello@auibsal.org.