In order to facilitate future activities, the Sanbo-Kyodan Society has decided to take the following measures concerning the form of our publication, Kyôshô, and the way in which the yearly membership fees are collected. We sincerely ask you for your understanding and cooperation.
- From No. 322 (January/February 2007) the Kyôshô will be put on the "Members' Forum" (German page: "Forum der Mitglieder") of our homepage (http: //www.sanbo-zen.org), in both the Japanese and the English language sections. Members can enter this Forum using their ID (German page: "Kennziffer") and their password (cf. below). The Forum will be further enlarged through constant addition of translation (English/German) of teishos and other significant matters.
- The Japanese part of the Kyôshô will be printed and bound as usual, but,
as a general rule, they will be sent only to the members residing in Japan.
- Generally, the Kyôshô will not be sent to those members residing outside
of Japan. If, however, a member who has no access to the Internet informs
the secretariat of this, either the printed version of the English Kyôshô
or the booklet of the Japanese Kyôshô will be provided as requested.
- To pay the yearly membership fees, use of a credit card will be introduced
on our Internet homepage from November 2006 (US $ 50.-; cf. "Membership/Donations
Corner" from November 2006). New members who submit the yearly membership
fees using a credit card will automatically obtain the ID and the password
by which they can enter the "Members' Forum."
- Those members who have already paid their membership fees up to 2006 and
have their email addresses registered at the secretariat will be informed
of their ID and password upon completion of the renewal of the homepage
with the above-mentioned payment system. This will enable them to enter
the "Members' Forum" mentioned above. Those members who acquire
an email address and submit to the secretariat will also be given their
ID and password upon request. Furthermore, the donations will also be accepted
with this system.
- When the fees are paid by the credit card, no formal receipt will be sent
to the members, except in the case that such a receipt is requested. The
automatic email confirming the payment will take the place of the usual
receipt.
- Although the above-mentioned credit card system is strongly recommended
for the payment of the fees from abroad, it will remain possible to transfer
money to the account of German Gemeinschaftsbank (40 Eur from the fiscal
year 2007 [April 2007-March 2008], for an indefinite period of time):
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