Membership Fees

Current RMIT Students

Annual: $35
Single Semester: $30

Early bird offer: Join before Semester 1 Intro Night to receive the full year’s membership for only $25!

General Membership (non-students welcome!)

Annual: $70
Single Semester: $50

Multi-Club Membership Discount

If you are also a member of another University Outdoors Club in Melbourne, you are eligible for our multi-club discount offer. The offer is for $20 cashback from full year and $10 cashback from single semester ROC general membership fees.

Once you have purchased your membership, come to the gear room during opening hours and present your current, valid membership card from the respective club, to receive the applicable cash refund.

Multi-Club Membership Discount conditions

  1. Only available for full year General Memberships
  2. Must be a member of one or more of the below listed clubs for the current year:
    • Melbourne University Mountaineering Club (MUMC),
    • Monash University Outdoors Club (MUOC),
    • LaTrobe University Mountaineering Club (LUMC),
    • Australian Catholic University Victorian Outdoors Club (AVOC), or
    • Victoria University Outdoors Adventures Club (VUOAC).
  3. Must present your valid, current membership card for the current year for one of the above listed clubs
  4. Is not available in conjunction with any other type of discounted membership or membership offer 
  5. You must have a valid 2020 membership card from one of these clubs to receive your discount
  6. Gear Officers have the right to defer the discount offer at any time, in order to request further information

This year, we are introducing a trial Valued Member offer to recognise the efforts and contributions of members who have actively participated in the growth and development of our club in the past year. This offer aims to promote the continued engagement of these members, especially those who have the ability to train and mentor other members or who go above and beyond in the facilitation of club trips.

This offer is only available with approval from the general and/or executive committee, and cannot be combined with any other membership discount. If you believe you meet the criteria for this offer, please contact the relevant activity convenor.

Please note, a separate system is in place for any external instructors who are required to run our internal training courses. For more information please contact the treasurer or executive committee.

Members who are approved to receive this offer will be notified and prompted to select their preferred choice of either:

Option A

  • A refund of approximately 50% of their membership fee, dependent on the membership type purchased:
    • General memberships will be refunded $35 for the full year / $25 for a single semester
    • Student memberships will be refunded $20 for the full year / $10 for a single semester
  • 2 weeks of free gear hire for a personal set of gear from any activity, subject to normal gear hire rules 

Option B

  • A refund of approximately 80% of their membership fee, dependent on the membership type purchased:
    • General memberships will be refunded $55 for the full year / $35 for a single semester
    • Student memberships will be refunded $30 for the full year / $25 for a single semester

Membership Expiry Dates

Annual memberships expire at the end of the year on 31st of December.
Semester 1 memberships expire on 30th of June.
Semester 2 memberships expire at the end of the year on 31st of December.

How to Join or Renew Membership

RMIT Student Life (formerly Link) has recently upgraded their website and some functionalities might not work as intended. If you encounter problems/bugs, please let us know at clubs@rmit.edu.au. We will try our best to assist and fix the problem asap. If you want to update your email, check this FAQ entry.

Joining or Renewing

  • Go to Outdoors Club page on RMIT Student Life and click “Join or Renew”
    • RMIT Student Life coordinates all the RMIT Clubs & Societies. You will need to use this website to set up an account and pay your membership

Signing In

If you haven’t signed in already, you’ll be prompted to do so.

  • RMIT Student, Staff and Alumni
    • If you have a current student, staff or alumni account with RMIT (your email/account is active using single sign on), then use the first choice as shown below
    • You will be taken to RMIT’s Single Sign-On page
  • Community Members
    • If you have an existing account, choose the second option to Sign in using a community account (as shown above)
      • If you don’t remember your email, it’s the one you have used in the past to sign up
    • If you DO have an account, first ensure that your details are correct in RMIT Student Life Account
      • Go here to update your details: https://rmitlink.rmit.edu.au/Account/Manage/Details
      • Ensure that your email is correct and that you can receive and access messages sent to that address.
        • If you are not a student any more, you must update this before purchasing membership
        • Check our FAQ on updating your email
      • IF and ONLY IF you are an RMIT Student, then your User Type should be ‘Student‘. Otherwise, it should be ‘Other‘ or as appropriate
      • DO NOT put your UserType as ‘Student’ if you are a student of other university
      • Your student membership purchase will be cancelled and refunded if you are not an RMIT Student

Registering a New Account

You only need to register an account if you are a community member. If you are an RMIT student, staff or alumni, you MUST use your RMIT Account.

  • If you do not have a community account, click on “Register” on top of the page. This can be done from any page other than sign-in page
  • For instance, go to https://rmitlink.rmit.edu.au/Account/Register
     
  • Follow the prompts thereon

Resetting your password

If you have forgotten your password to sign into RMIT Student Life website, then you may have to first reset your password before you can sign-in. Note that this is only relevant for Community account holders. If you are an RMIT student, then you must do that using RMIT’s password reset portal. 

Continue Joining/Renewing

  • When you are asked to select a group, just click “General Club Members 2020” (or whichever is visible and applicable)
    • Click on ‘Select’ or ‘Continue’, in case you have previously tried to join
       
  • Then you will be asked to select Student Membership or General Membership
    • Select the relevant product for either a Semester or Full Year
  • Click “add to cart” and follow rest of the instructions on RMIT Student Life’s website to complete with the payment
  • After the payment, two things you will need to do:
    1. Activate your Membership: Follow the instructions in the notification email you will receive to send us your details through email
    2. Collect Membership Card: Come to the Gear Room to collect your membership card during opening hours only
  • Sign up to trips and have fun

 

 

Still having trouble?

  • Try signing up on a Computer. RMIT Student Life’s website doesn’t work well on mobile screens
  • For issues signing up using the RMIT Student Life UniOne website, contact Sport & Recreation at clubs@rmit.edu.au
  • Is your account still inactive? You need to send your details to the club upon paying your membership. Check your spam for an email titled “Welcome to the RMIT Outdoors Club – Membership Activation Required”
    • If you have sent your details, it takes between 1-3 business days for your membership activation. This is a manual process.
    • Wait until 3 business days to see if you are unable to join on trips.
  • For other enquires in regards to joining, you can email us at join@roc.org.au

 

Last Updated: April 7, 2023