Membership Options in NYSIA

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Membership Registration

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Step 1. Determine Your Membership Category or proceed directly to Step 2 below if you know it.

Membership to NYSIA entitles all member company's employees to membership benefits. For Academic departments, membership benefits are extended to all professors, teachers, and graduate students in the department.
See below for tax deductibility information.
Companies RENEWING their membership, please use same online registration form by clicking the appropriate company size below.

Industry: If your company's primary business is computer software, Web development, or information technology products and/or services choose this category. Examples of Industry members include systems and network integrators, Web development companies, IT and Web consultants, and custom programming companies.

(Freelance computer consultants should join in this category, as 1 person companies).

Affiliate: If your business provides services or products that are supportive of the software industry choose this category below. Examples of Affiliate members include law firms, accounting firms, banks, government agencies, and executive search firms.

Academic, Government, and Not-for-Profit: This category is available to academic departments of accredited higher educational institutions (one membership per department), government agencies, and not-for-profit companies.

Freelance: This category is no longer available, as of Mar-21-2002. Please use the 1-10 Industry membership, below, if you are an independent or freelancer.

Step 2. Click on the appropriate link below (one of the highlighted choices).

Industry

Affiliate

Acad/Govt/NfP

# of Employees

Annual Dues

# of Employees

Annual Dues

Annual dues per Academic or Government department,
or for entire Not-for-Profit organization

1-10

$150

1-5

$225

$150

11-25

$300

6-25

$500

26-100

$600

26-100

$1,250

Freelance

101-200

$900

101+

$2,000

No Longer Available

Use 1-10 Industry membership (at left)

201+

$1,300

For Industry and Affiliate memberships, count only those employees based in the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT). Please include ALL full-time staff (both non-technical and technical) in the tri-state area. For online secure credit card registration, or for additional instructions for offline registration by check, click the correct link above and then read instructions on the next page. We prefer online registration if possible. For more information on membership, contact Raquel Bond, Director of Member Development, at 212-475-4503 or raquel@nysia.org

** Important Notice regarding Tax Deduction of NYSIA Dues **
NYSIA is a 501c(6) trade association, which carries out lobbying and governmental relations activities. The portion of your dues allocated to these expenses is not tax deductible. Thus, an estimated 75% of NYSIA dues are tax deductible and 25% of NYSIA dues are not deductible on your federal tax return.