ATypI creates low-cost entry for members in low-income nations
The cost of participating in ATypI has been reduced for applicants from countries with relatively low per-capita incomes, the Board announced on 18 February. The new Associate Member category carries a UK£22 annual fee, about one-third of the normal membership cost.
Posted on 19 February 2003 by Mark Barratt, Reading, UK
ATypI is an international association dedicated to type and typography worldwide. In recognition of the difficult economic circumstances of many countries in the world, the Board of Directors of the Association Typographique Internationale has voted to offer Associate Membership to individuals at a reduced fee to residents of countries with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)) of less than $14,500. A list of countries whose residents are eligible for this reduced fee will be made available on the ATypI website and is listed below. The list will be reviewed periodically based on publicly available figures.
We trust that individuals in the countries that are below the $14,500 index who are able to afford full membership fees will support ATypI in measure to their personal economic standing.
Associate members will obtain selected privileges of full ATypI membership, with am emphasis on those that foster international dialogue, co-operation and information exchange (e.g. access to the member section of the website and subscription to the members-only e-mail discussion list). A complete list of Associate Membership privileges will be available on the website. Associate members will receive small discounts on conference registration but they will not receive selected mailings from the Association. In most other respects, they will be afforded the same benefits as full members.
The Associate Membership fee will be £22, inclusive of VAT. Both full and associate annual memberships run from July 1 - June 30 each year. Members who wish to join in this new category during the period prior to July 1, 2003, will be considered members for the 2003-2004 membership year, and will have all privileges of Associate Membership upon joining.
Residents of the following countries are eligible for Associate Membership status for the 2003-2004 membership year:
Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burma; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cote d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; The Gambia; Gaza Strip; Georgia; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Jamaica; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; North Korea; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Lithuania; The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Federated States of Micronesia; Moldova; Mongolia; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Puerto Rico; Reunion; Romania; Russia; Rwanda; Saint Helena; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis and Futuna; West Bank; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Zambia; Zimbabwe
To become an Associate Member of ATypI, please send an e-mail to admin@atypi.org.
(This list of countries reproduced above is based on GDP-PPP figures for 2001 as recorded in the CIA World Factbook. [http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/gdp_country_asc.php])
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