EUROPEAN MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Membership

Any individual or organization with a genuine interest in European mycology may apply to join the EMA as a Member or Associate. If you are interested in joining, please read the following notes, then download the Membership Application Form and Subscriptions Form or contact the Membership Secretary.

Members and Associates receive a discount in registration fees for Congresses of European Mycologists. Members may vote, and are eligible to serve as Delegates and Officers: Associates do not have these rights. With the exception of Founder Members, admission as a Member requires the applicant to be recommended by two existing Members. Honorary Membership is only by election at the EMA General Assembly. Other new Members and Associates will be subject to approval by the next meeting of the EMA Governing Committee or by the EMA General Assembly, whichever occurs first. In other respects, admission as a Member or Associate shall follow the EMA’s current Rules. The Membership Secretary maintains lists of Members and Associates. The EMA has the following categories of Members and Associates:

Founder Members	limited to those participating in the XIV Congress of European Mycologists when the EMA was established, in all other respects the same as Ordinary Members;
Honorary Members	limited to ten individuals, exempt from paying membership fees, in all other respects the same as Ordinary Members;
Life Members	individuals who have paid the Life Members fee and are therefore exempt from paying the annual membership fee, in all other respects the same as Ordinary Members;
Ordinary Members	individuals who pay the annual Ordinary Members fee, with voting rights;
Sustaining Members	individuals or organizations who pay the annual Sustaining Members fee and are therefore listed in EMA publications, in all other respects the same as Ordinary Members;
Student Members	individuals who pay the annual Student Members fee, in all other respects the same as Ordinary Members;
Associates	individuals who pay the annual Associates fee, without voting rights.

Fees for Members and Associates All fees are in Euro (€). There are two levels of fees: a lower level (for Members and Associates from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Rumania, the Russian Federation, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine) and a higher level (for all other Members and Associates).

Annual subscriptions. Paid per calendar year by all Members and Associates except Honorary Members and Life Members. Due on 1 January each year (download the Subscriptions Form or contact the Treasurer). Founder and Ordinary Members (Lower level: €10, Higher level: €20); Sustaining Members (€500); Student Members (Lower level: €5, Higher level: €10); Associates (Lower level: €5, Higher level: €10), Life Membership [a single payment] (Lower level: €150, Higher level: €300).