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CIP4 Membership RegulationsVersion 2.1 Issued by Christian Anschütz, CIP4 Membership Officer
Content1 About this Document 1 About this DocumentThe International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) is the international standards body for the graphic arts industry regulating the ongoing development of the Job Definition Format (JDF) and Print Production Format (PPF). CIP4 believes that the further development of these standards should be as open as possible. That same development must, however, be funded. The regulations set out in this document provide the compromise necessary to achieve these goals. 2 Overview of CIP4 Member ClassesCIP4 provides three classes of membership, each of which is designed for certain groups and may have restrictions preventing certain individuals or organizations joining in that class. The CIP4 Advisory Board may make exceptions to any of the following rules if it deems them to be appropriate. It is hoped that companies such as vendors and eCommerce providers who benefit from developing and/or selling JDF based software and services will help to fund the further development of the standard through their annual membership fees. On the other hand CIP4 invites experts such as users (printers, consultants etc), associations or institutes within the graphic arts industry to contribute their expertise to JDF and to share their requirements, thoughts and experience with the other members of CIP4. Contributions from users are particularly welcome as this ensures that JDF will be firmly rooted in practicalities. A membership class is therefore provided for users, associations or institutes with significantly reduced annual fees. 3 Partner and Full Membership ClassesPartner and Full Memberships are primarily designed for those who benefit from developing and/or selling software and services which could be based on JDF, e. g:
Other groups such as associations, institutes or users may also wish to join CIP4 in these membership classes on a voluntary basis. 4 Criteria for Associate Membership ClassThe Associate membership is a privileged membership class. It is therefore subject to an annual review by the CIP4 Membership Officer and may be terminated if the criteria of Associate Membership are no longer met by the respective member. In particular, the Associate Membership is designed for:
Limitations: Organizations or individuals cannot join as Associate members if one of the following applies:
5 Transfer of RightsRights and privileges granted to members or membership classes are not transferable to third parties or other entities. 6 Representation of Members By IndividualsMembers are entitled to various privileges, including attending meetings held from time to time by CIP4, such as General Meetings and technical working groups. Where a member is, in turn, an association, consortium or other grouping of other organizations, this right does not extend to the members of those organizations. In the case of an association the entitlement extends to the staff of the member organization, or, if the association has no staff, to a small number of agreed association representatives. This rule applies to all membership classes. The CIP4 Advisory Board retains the right to refuse Associate membership for an association or individual where there are reasonable grounds to believe that it would be used to obtain low-cost membership for an organization that would be barred from Associate membership as described above. 7 Membership Fees7.1 Annual Fee Per Membership ClassDepending on the membership class the following membership fees must be paid:
7.2 Membership PeriodThe CIP4 membership period starts on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following calendar year. For renewing members, the annual membership fee must be paid within 30 days after the begin of the membership period. For new members the following rules apply:
In these two cases the monthly fee is calculated by a simple division of the annual fees listed above by 12. 7.3 Overdue Membership FeesMembership fees will be invoiced once a year and have to be paid within 30 days. In case of overdue membership fees CIP4 proceeds as following:
8 Procedures of the CIP4 Technical Steering Committee and Working GroupsCIP4's Technical Steering Committee has published a formal set of procedures
for technical committees and working groups. This document is available
from the CIP4 Website at 9 Document HistoryThe original document was drafted by the CIP4 Membership Officer and approved by the CIP4 Advisory Board on June 25th, 2001. Amendments to document were drafted by the CIP4 Membership Officer and approved by the CIP4 Advisory Board on June 12, 2003. Amendments to document pertaining to Associate Membership of private persons and consultants were drafted by the CIP4 Membership Officer and approved by the CIP4 Advisory Board on September 27, 2004. Chapter 8 regarding the Procedures of the CIP4 Technical Steering Committee and Working Groups was inserted by the CIP4 Secretariat and approved by the CIP4 Advisory Board on October 24, 2005
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