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All full members (including Group members and Special members) of the Consortium are partners in the company. Partners (or members) have accepted the Articles of Association and the Memorandum of Association (see <a href="https://www.cerl.org/about/legal_documents" class="urlextern" title="https://www.cerl.org/about/legal_documents" rel="ugc nofollow">Legal Documents</a>) and have agreed jointly to fund the company by accepting the Funding Agreement committing to pay an annual contribution, at a rate established by the members in their Annual General Meeting, for the current three-year funding period (or for the remainder of the current funding period if joining after the start of the funding period). </p> <p> For a detailed formal account of the organisation see <strong><a href="/_media/about/rules_and_regulations_2014.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf" target="_blank" title="about:rules_and_regulations_2014.pdf (107.1聽KB)" rel="noopener">Rules and Regulations</a></strong>. </p> <p> Membership of the Consortium is open to libraries and other organisations anywhere in the world. The Consortium has developed several <a href="/membership/categories_of_membership" class="wikilink1" title="membership:categories_of_membership" data-wiki-id="membership:categories_of_membership">Categories of Membership</a>. All forms of membership are subject to approval by the Board of Directors. </p> <hr /> </div> <h3 class="sectionedit2" id="application_procedure">Application procedure</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> For further information about the process of application for membership of CERL,<br/> <a href="/membership/application_procedure" class="wikilink1" title="membership:application_procedure" data-wiki-id="membership:application_procedure">Read more...</a> </p> <hr /> </div> <h3 class="sectionedit3" id="application_forms_for_membership">Application forms for Membership</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Application forms for membership can be downloaded here: </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/_media/membership/application_for_single_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf" target="_blank" title="membership:application_for_single_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf (89.7聽KB)" rel="noopener">Single Membership</a></div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/_media/membership/application_for_special_membership_of_cerl_september_2024_final.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf" target="_blank" title="membership:application_for_special_membership_of_cerl_september_2024_final.pdf (89.8聽KB)" rel="noopener">Special Membership</a></div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Group Membership: contact the <a href="mailto:secretariat@cerl.org" class="mail" title="secretariat@cerl.org">Secretariat</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <p> The completed form should be sent to the Secretary at CERL鈥檚 Dublin office:<br/> </p> <blockquote><div class="no"> Dr Cristina Dondi<br/> Company Secretary<br/> Consortium of European Research Libraries<br/> Marsh鈥檚 Library<br/> St Patrick鈥檚 Close<br/> Dublin<br/> Ireland<br/> D08FK79<br/> E-mail: <a href="mailto:c.dondi@cerl.org" class="mail" title="c.dondi@cerl.org">c.dondi@cerl.org</a><br/> </div></blockquote> <p> After approval by the Board of Directors, an invoice will be sent for the first year鈥檚 membership fee. </p> <hr /> </div> <h3 class="sectionedit4" id="forms_for_renewal_of_membership">Forms for renewal of Membership</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Forms for renewal of membership for the 2009-2012 Funding Periods can be downloaded here: </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/_media/membership/renewal_of_single_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf" target="_blank" title="membership:renewal_of_single_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf (90.1聽KB)" rel="noopener">Single Membership</a></div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="/_media/membership/renewal_of_special_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf" class="media mediafile mf_pdf" target="_blank" title="membership:renewal_of_special_membership_of_cerl_september_2024.pdf (90聽KB)" rel="noopener">Special Membership</a></div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Group Membership: contact the Secretariat.</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="cookielaw-banner cookielaw-bottom">This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience from it. <button>OK</button><a href="" target="_blank"> </a></div> <div class="doc_bottom"> <bdi>membership/main.txt</bdi> 路 Last modified: 2024/09/30 15:00 by <bdi>lefferts</bdi></div> <hr class="line" style="color:black"/> <div id="pagebottom"></div> </div>  <p style="clear:both;line-height:1px"> </p> </div>  <p style="clear:both;line-height:1px"> </p> <p id="newfooter"> <a href="/feed.php" title="Recent changes RSS feed" target="_blank"><img src="/lib/tpl/cerl/images/button-rss.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Recent changes RSS feed" /></a> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="Valid XHTML 1.0" target="_blank"><img src="/lib/tpl/cerl/images/button-xhtml.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0" /></a>  <a href="http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki" title="Driven by DokuWiki" target="_blank"><img src="/lib/tpl/cerl/images/button-dw.png" width="80" height="15" alt="Driven by DokuWiki" /></a> </p> </div> </body> </html>