CEENet
Central and Eastern European Networking Association
How to become member of the CEENet Association ?

As described in Article 4 of the CEENet statute (you can look also at the German language version) there are two types of membership: 'ordinary' for national networking organizations and 'special' for supporting members.

In order to become a member of CEENet Association one has to:
- get acquainted and accept the statute;
- fill the application.
To become an 'ordinary' member an organization additionally has to:
- appoint the delegate and its deputy;
- write a short form-free letter describing the network situation in the country and the role of applying organization in the overall situation of academic (or research or educational) networking;
- present authorization letter from Ministry (or Academy of Science or Presidential administration, whatever applicable for a given country. Each country may only be represented within the Association by a single ordinary member).

The above documents should be sent (or faxed +48 22 6685807) to the CEENet Secretariat or to any of the CEENet Management Committee members.

The yearly membership fee for the ordinary member is defined by the General Meeting. Currently it is defined by the following, slowly growing, formula:

Membership fee [euro/year] = 250 * 1.1 ** (Host_Count ** 0.25)

where Host_Count is the RIPE host count for the December of the previous year. Typical examples of membership fees for 2000:

Albania  (    209 hosts) -  359 euro/year
Slovenia (  22414 hosts) -  802 euro/year
Austria  ( 258261 hosts) - 2143 euro/year   

If the new country is accepted in first half of the year then its membership fee for this year is only half of the sum; if the country is accepted in the second half of the year then its fee for this year is zero.

For the special (supporting) members the membership fee is different for non-profit (which includes individuals) and for-profit organizations:

                                        For-profit                    Non-profit and
                                                                                individuals
 
        Entry fee                 5000 euro                           zero
        Annual fee              2500 euro                    2500 euro

Entry fee is counted as first year contribution.