ICC Membership: Improved Benefits and More Flexibility

ICC is most pleased to announce improved membership benefits and more flexible membership options.

In response to feedback from ICC members, during first half of 2009 a Task Group on Membership chaired by ICC President Prof John Taylor evaluated ways to improve member benefits and make ICC membership more flexible, so that as many people as possible around the world can be involved in the ICC family. In making its recommendations, the Membership Task Group consulted with all ICC members and also evaluated the membership structures of other associations.

The Task Group's recommendations were accepted by the ICC Executive Committee at its annual meeting in Vienna in June 2009 and are implemented since January 2010.

Improved Membership Benefits

These include

• Improved discounts for National Delegate participation in ICC supported conferences
• Discounts for ICC conference participation extended to Deputy National Delegates
• Increased representation for ICC Country Members in the General Assembly
• Reduced Country Membership fees for developing countries
• Free subscription to the ICC scientific journal QAS - Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods for National Delegates
• Detailed improved benefits for Corporate Members

More Flexible Membership Options

• Scientific institutions can now become Institutional Members of ICC with individual voting rights in the General Assembly, plus other benefits
• Two or more member institutions in a country, depending on the size of the country, can constitute a Country Member with full membership rights and benefits
• Subscriber option for individuals entitling them to free subscription to the ICC scientific journal QAS - Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods, plus other benefits of being associated with ICC

New Membership Options

1. ICC Country Membership
   New fees and discounts, new additional benefits!
   Application form
2. ICC Institutional Membership
   New additional category! New benefits!
   Application form
3. ICC Corporate Membership
   New additional benefits!
   Application form
4. ICC Subscriber Package
   New additional category! New benefits!
   Application form

Official letter from the ICC President announcing improved ICC membership benefits and options.

New Yearly ICC Membership Fees (status 2010)

1. ICC Country Membership

   Based on population with three categories:
   A = 0-10 million: € 2,950.-
   B = 10-50 million: € 4,950.-
   C = >50 million: € 6,950.-
   
   All fees (status 2010) are in EURO and subject to the Austrian inflation index.
   
   Optional: Discount for low income countries
   Low income countries qualify for an optional 25% discount on ICC country Membership. Qualifying countries for a discounted ICC Country Membership fee can be found in the United Nation's Human Development Index (HDI) list of 2008 as low and/or medium human development countries OR in the World Bank's list of economies' income as low-income, lower-middle-income economies, and upper-middle-income economies. Making use of the discounted fee reduces the number of votes in the General Assembly, however an upgrading to become a fully paying Country Member is possible at any time and thus securing full voting rights.
   
   Application form

2. ICC Institutional Membership

   Yearly fee: € 2,000.-
   
   Application form

3. ICC Corporate Membership

   Yearly fee: € 1,000.-
   
   Application form

4. ICC Subscriber Package

   The yearly ICC Individual Services Subscriber fee: € 100.-
   
   Special students discount
   (enrolled at an educational institution and age <26): € 70.-
   
   Special senior discount:
   (>64 years) € 70.-
   
   Application form

Sign up today!
Contact: Sabine Gatzer, ICC Membership Administration, ICC Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, A-1030 Vienna, Austria, office@icc.or.at.

A formal approval by the ICC General Assembly through electronic voting resulted in an overwhelming support for the new structure.

Should you have any questions about the improved ICC membership benefits and flexible membership options, please contact either ICC President Prof. John Taylor (john.taylor@up.ac.za) or ICC Secretary General, Dr. Roland Poms (roland.poms@icc.or.at).

John Taylor ICC President

Roland E. Poms ICC Secretary General/CEO

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