ANF Student Membership

[gogirlgo]

Just wondering what other people's experience has been if they have joined the ANF as a student member via their $30 per year membership, and then not wanted to continue with the membership once they have graduated?

My experience at this stage is that I have been sent text messages telling me that they are upgrading my membership to a Div 1. After emailing them to tell them I dont wish to become a full (ie. not just student) member, they advise they are not willing to accept an email resignation, and are insisting on a written resignation, including reasons.

Anyone else had any experience with this? A simple $30 a year is turning into a bit of a nightmare and I am starting to wish I had never bothered with the student membership.

[SC-RN]

I have joined HACSU instead of ANF, as they seem to be more relevant to my speciality, mental health nursing. The main reason I joined was for professional indemnity coverage, and, less importantly, for somewhere to go for advice/representation if needed.

Interestingly, I am sure I briefly saw a flyer from HACSU the other day saying that under national registration all nurses will require professional indemnity insurance. If this is the case, this would become big business for insurance companies and it would be interesting to get a quote from an insurance company and compare it to the cost of union fees. Anyone heard about this?

Sounds familiar about nurses needing their own indemnity insurance, i will look into it some more.