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Membership Fees
ACS Membership Fees and Categories for the use of CASES and/or SDA software
Annual fees for Association membership and software utilization are defined for several different types of memberships and levels of utilizations. Fees for each membership category are presented below in three separate sections. For all types of membership, changes in the level of aggregate utilization of Licensed Materials during the designated period shall be reported to Licensor, and the fee for subsequent periods shall be modified to reflect that change.
Once you have decided to become a member and at what category level, you can go directly to the Becoming a Member page.
Membership Categories and Rates for CASES Users (Categories A-K):
The appropriate fee for each category of membership in this section is based upon the estimated number of person hours in which authorized individuals (either within the Licensee's organization or acting at the request of Licensee's organization) will use Licensed Materials based on the CASES system at any workstation, and on the number of completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires. For membership categories B and above, usage of Licensed Materials from the SDA system are permitted but not counted in determining the level of utilization.
Membership Categories and Rates for SDA Users (Categories L-O):
Membership categories in this section are intended for organizations that use SDA but do not make any use of CASES. For these membership categories, the appropriate fee is based on the extent to which Licensee uses Licensed Materials from the SDA system, either on the Licensor's computers or their own.
Federated Memberships (Category P):
This type of membership permits several organizations to pay reduced annual fees by creating a federated membership in the Association. In this arrangement, only one organization is a direct member of the Association, and that organization handles all requests for assistance from users in the other subsidiary organizations.
Membership Fees Based on Utilization of CASES (SDA use permitted, but not counted)
- Category A - $1,400 per year for each PC
For users whose utilization of Licensed Materials is limited to one personal computer (PC) at a time with no Web-based CASES utilization or SDA.
- Category B - $3,700 per year
For yearly utilization up to 2,000 person (staff) hours and up to 50,000 completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category C - $6,000 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 2,000 hours but less than 4,000 staff hours and up to 100,000 completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category D - $9,600 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 4,000 hours but less than 8,000 staff hours and up to 250,000 completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category E - $13,300 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 8,000 hours but less than 16,000 staff hours and up to 500,000 completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category F - $17,600 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 16,000 hours but less than 32,000 staff hours and up to 1,000,000 completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category G - $23,000 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 32,000 hours but less than 64,000 staff hours and unlimited completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category H - $27,800 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 64,000 hours but less than 256,000 staff hours and unlimited completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category I - $43,600 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 256,000 hours but less than 1,000,000 staff hours and unlimited completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category J - $83,700 per year
For yearly utilization greater than 1,000,000 hours but less than 4,000,000 staff hours and unlimited completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
- Category K - $127,400 per year
For any level of yearly utilization beyond 4,000,000 staff hours and unlimited completions from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
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Membership Fees based on Utilization of SDA Only (Without CASES):
- Category L - $900 per year
For organizations that do not obtain any Licensed software, but use Licensor's Web site and other services on a recharge basis.
- Category M - Discontinued
For limited use of a subset of SDA programs on Licensee's computers for data documentation but not analysis.
- Category N - $3,700 per year
For yearly utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 100,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
- Category O - $5,000 per year
For unlimited utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site.
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Federated Memberships (P):
- Category P - In Federated memberships, several cooperating organizations act as a single member of the Association, and rely on the staff members from one site to handle all end-users within the Federated structure. The annual fee for Federated memberships is determined as follows:
The category for the organization with the highest level of utilization is used as the base
fee (for which the minimum is Category C for CASES users, or Category N for
members who only use SDA). Additional fees are charged at one half the
normal rate for each additional organization in the structure. Federated
Agreements should be accompanied by a written statement which identifies the
organization which will serve as headquarters for the Federated structure and
all satellite organizations.
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