Membership of IDCA
IDCA is a membership organization. You can Participate in IDCA as a Not-for-Profit organization (NPO), as an individual or as a corporation. Individuals can participate as primary member, Associate Member, or volunteer. NPOs and Corporation participate as described below.
(a) Primary Members:
There shall be two subclasses of Primary Members: Organizational and Individual. Individual Primary Members may be Annual Members, who shall pay dues annually, or Life Members, who shall pay a one-time life membership fee. Life Members may be Patron members or Regular Life Members, depending on the level of the one-time membership fee. All primary members shall attend the annual convention without payment during early registration periods. All primary members shall have the privilege to register 2 guests at member rates at the annual conference. Spouses of Patron members shall also attend the annual convention without payment during early registration periods. Spouses of Regular Life members shall be able to register at 50% discount of member rate at the Annual conference
(i) Organizational Primary Members shall consist of not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) that support or are interested in supporting sustainable development in India and pay dues annually.
(ii) Individual Primary Members shall consist of individuals who support or are interested in supporting sustainable development in India. Individual Primary Members may be either Annual Members or Life Members.
Annual Members: An Annual Member is an Individual Primary Member who pays dues annually.
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Life Members: Life membership in the Corporation is a lifelong commitment to the cause and goals of the Corporation. An Individual Primary Member may become a Regular Life Member upon payment of the one-time Life Member dues, or a Patron Member upon payment of the higher one-time Patron Member dues. The Regular Life and Patron Member dues shall remain in an escrow account controlled by the Board of Trustees.
If you are interested in becoming a IDCA life member, please send us an email
(b) General Members:
General membership is open to any individual who, or organization that, supports the Mission and goals of the Corporation, agrees to contribute towards the goals and pays the assessed dues annually
(c) Student Members:
Full-time Students who wish to promote the mission of the IDCA may become members in this category. They shall pay the assessed dues annually.
Member Voting Rights: Each Primary Member shall have five votes on each matter submitted to the vote of the Members of the Corporation. Each General Member shall have one vote on each such matter. Student Members shall have no vote on any matter.
Membership Benefits:
Members will enjoy one or more of these benefits depending upon their needs.
- Access to research on issues related to sustainable development.
- A platform for members to network and share common interests
- Access to its database (under development) on funding foundations in the US, and on reliable implementing NGOs in India.
- Sharing best practices to help members become more productive and effective.
- An opportunity to participate in its Annual Meeting where members can showcase their Programs and successes.
- Personal satisfaction of helping in the development of India
- Discount on conferences, seminars, workshops, and publications.
- Honors and Awards to promote and encourage excellence amongst members.
- Promotion and publicity to community-at-large for supporting the Members.
We expect the members to represent a great diversity of interests rather than restricted to one particular area. The only criterion is that their work must directly or indirectly lead to development in India and benefit India. Therefore the common theme which binds us all is India.
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