============================================================== v. 1.0 6 March 1994 INTERNET SOCIETY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES REDUCED Announcement The Internet Society Board of Trustees at its meeting 7-9 Feb 1994, took several actions related to dues. For individual members, the annual dues were reduced from US$ 70 to 35. In taking the action, the Board believed that this amount would make membership more affordable to more people, and be commensurate with currently provided benefits, costs, and sources of income. After the decision, Internet Society President Vint Cerf said he felt that "I hope every potential Internaut in the world will be able to take advantage of the new dues schedule." For Internauts who have already paid their $70 membership dues after 31 Dec 93, memberships will be extended to 24 months automatically. For Internauts who paid $70 after 31 Jan 1993, some part of their memberships overlap into 1994 and those parts will be extended at the $35/year rate. Dues paid at any date in a month are treated as if received as of the first of that month. The extension of membership is shown in the table below: Month 1993 old expira- new expira- dues paid tion date tion date ---------- ---------- ----------- Jan 31 Dec 93 31 Dec 93 [no change] Feb 31 Jan 94 28 Feb 94 Mar 28 Feb 94 30 Apr 94 Apr 31 Mar 94 30 Jun 94 May 30 Apr 94 31 Aug 94 Jun 31 May 94 31 Oct 94 Jul 30 Jun 94 31 Dec 94 Aug 31 Jul 94 28 Feb 95 Sep 31 Aug 94 30 Apr 95 Oct 30 Sep 94 30 Jun 95 Nov 31 Oct 94 31 Aug 95 Dec 30 Nov 94 31 Oct 95 For further information contact: Email: membership@isoc.org (individual membership) org-membership@isoc.org (organization membership) Fax: +1 703 620 0913 (until 16 March 94) Fax: +1 703 648 9887 (after 16 March 94) Tel: +1 703 648 9888 Tel: 800 468 9507 (USA only) Internet Society information URLs: gopher://gopher.isoc.org:70/11/isoc.and.ietf ftp://ftp.isoc.org/isoc Postal address (until 16 March 94): Internet Society 1895 Preston White Drive, suite 100 Reston VA 22091 USA Postal address (after 16 March 94): Internet Society 12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, suite 270 Reston VA 22091 USA ==============================================================