Purposes and objectives:
- To promote the study of African Arachnida (non-Acari)
- To achieve closer cooperation and understanding between local and overseas professional arachnologists
- To organize a colloquium in Africa every third year
Membership:
AFRAS is a professional scientific society, and membership is open to any person actively involved in research on African arachnids. Do you want to join? Download the membership form here and submit it to Robin Lyle, the AFRAS Secretary at lyler[at]arc.agric.za.
Costs:
No membership fees are presently charged.
Committee members:
Chairman, secretary, treasurer and editor of the newsletter are elected during the AFRAS general meeting, which is held during the week of each triannual colloquium.
The chairman and convenor of the next colloquium are also appointed during this meeting. The current committee consists of:
- Dr Tharina Bird (Chairperson)
- Ms Robin Lyle (Secretary and Treasurer)
- Prof Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman (SANSA Newsletter editor, past Chairperson)
- Prof Charles Haddad (Webmaster, past Chairperson)