Membership terms

These terms apply to Athena membership bought on this site. When you tick the box as you join, you agree to them and to our privacy notice. In these terms, “Athena,” “we” and “us” mean San Diego Athena Inc., a California nonprofit mutual benefit corporation.

Your membership

Athena membership is a nonvoting membership. It gives you the benefits of your plan, but not a vote in how Athena is governed. Our board of directors runs Athena under its bylaws.

Your membership and account are for you alone. Don’t share your sign-in or let someone else use your membership.

Plans and prices

• Emerging Leader: $20/month
• Executive Leader: $30/month
• College Student: $50/year
• Emerging Leader Power Plan: $548 every 3 years
• Executive Leader Power Plan: $748 every 3 years

Every plan includes Athena All-Access: complimentary attendance at Athena Program & Committee events. Certification programs and global summits are sold separately. The College Student plan is for students currently pursuing a STEM degree. By choosing it, you confirm that you are one.

Athena’s newsletter

Membership includes Athena’s newsletter. When you join on this site, we add you to it. Every issue has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing doesn’t affect your membership. If you unsubscribe, we won’t add you back when you renew or rejoin. See our privacy notice for how we handle your email address.

Payment and automatic renewal

You pay through Stripe when you join. Your membership renews automatically at the end of each billing period (every month, year or three years, depending on your plan), and Stripe charges your card on file, until you cancel.

If we change the price of your plan, we’ll email you before the new price applies, and you can cancel before it does.

If a renewal payment fails, your membership stays active for 14 days. If the payment still hasn’t gone through by then, your membership lapses. Contact us if you need help updating your card.

Cancelling

You can cancel at any time. Use the Cancel membership link on your account page, or contact us. We’ll reply by email to confirm the request comes from you before anything changes.

Unless you ask us to end it straight away, your membership stays active until the end of the period you’ve paid for, and we take no further payments.

Refunds

Cancelling stops future payments. Fees already paid, including for time left in a billing period, aren’t refunded automatically. If you think you were charged by mistake, contact us and we’ll look into it.

Dues and taxes

Athena is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit. Membership dues are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. They may be deductible as a business expense. Ask your tax adviser.

Conduct

Athena is a professional community. We ask members to treat everyone with respect, at events and online. In particular:

• Don’t use Athena events to sell products or services directly. Following up with someone you met is fine.
• Don’t use other members’ details for marketing or bulk messages, and don’t copy or export them.
• Don’t share member-only content, such as library videos, outside Athena.
• Don’t try to get into accounts or parts of the site you aren’t allowed to use, or scrape the site with automated tools.

If a member breaks these terms, Athena may suspend or end their membership. To report a concern, contact us.

Events

You register for Athena events on Luma, and Luma’s terms apply to registration. Your membership covers Program & Committee events. Other events may charge a fee, which the event page will show.

Athena’s content

Athena’s name and logo, the library videos and the other content on this site belong to Athena or to the people who created them. Library videos are for members’ personal viewing.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We’ll post changes here, update the date at the top and email members about significant changes before they take effect. If you don’t agree to a change, you can cancel.

Limits of our responsibility

We work to run good programs and a reliable site, but we provide both as they are, without a promise that they’ll always be available or free of errors. As far as the law allows, Athena isn’t responsible for indirect losses arising from your membership or your use of the site, and our total responsibility to you is limited to the membership fees you paid in the 12 months before your claim.

Law and disputes

California law governs these terms. Any dispute goes to the state or federal courts in San Diego County, California.

Contact us

For questions about these terms or your membership, use the contact form or email members@athenastemwomen.org.