Once you have decided to become a member and at what category level, you can go directly to the Becoming a Member page.

Membership Categories and Rates for CASES Users (Categories A-K):

The appropriate fee for each category of membership in this section is based upon the estimated number of person hours in which authorized individuals (either within the Licensee's organization or acting at the request of Licensee's organization) will use Licensed Materials based on the CASES system at any workstation, and on the number of responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires. For membership categories B and above, usage of Licensed Materials from the SDA system are permitted but not counted in determining the level of utilization.

Membership Categories L, M and Y (Includes CSM hosting services):

Membership categories L and Y give the organization access to CSM services but do not entitle the Member to receive any software. Category M gives the organization access to CASES on a single PC as well as CSM hosting services. Each category has several levels based on the hosting utilization.

Membership Categories and Rates for SDA Users (Categories N-S):

Membership categories in this section are intended for organizations that use SDA but do not make any use of CASES. For these membership categories, the appropriate fee is based on the extent to which Licensee uses Licensed Materials from the SDA system, either on the Licensor's computers or their own.

Federated Memberships (Category X):

This type of membership permits several organizations to pay reduced annual fees by creating a federated membership in the Association. In this arrangement, only one organization is a direct member of the Association, and that organization handles all requests for assistance from users in the other subsidiary organizations.

• Category A - $3,400 per year for each PC
  For users whose utilization of Licensed Materials is limited to one personal computer (PC) primarily for exploratory purpose. The yearly utilization should be limited to 500 or less staff hours, and less than 500 responders.
• Category B - $9,500 per year
  For yearly utilization up to 2,000 person (staff) hours and up to 25,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category C - $15,200 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 2,000 hours but less than 4,000 staff hours and up to 50,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category D - $23,600 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 4,000 hours but less than 8,000 staff hours and up to 125,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category E - $32,100 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 8,000 hours but less than 16,000 staff hours and up to 250,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category F - $43,300 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 16,000 hours but less than 32,000 staff hours and up to 500,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category G - $56,700 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 32,000 hours but less than 64,000 staff hours and 1,000,000 responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category H - $71,000 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 64,000 hours but less than 256,000 staff hours and unlimited responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category I - $108,000 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 256,000 hours but less than 1,000,000 staff hours and unlimited responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category J - $206,000 per year
  For yearly utilization greater than 1,000,000 hours but less than 4,000,000 staff hours and unlimited responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.
• Category K - $313,000 per year
  For any level of yearly utilization beyond 4,000,000 staff hours and unlimited responders from Web-based self-administered questionnaires.

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Membership Fees for Organizations That Only Use CSM Hosting Services

Categories L & M

For organizations that use Licensor's Web site for CASES Web QA studies and other CSM services on a recharge basis.

• Category L is for organizations that do not obtain any Licensed software.
• Category M is for member organization whose utilization of Licensed Materials is limited to one personal computer (PC) at a time with no Web-based CASES utilization or SDA.

The fees for categories L and M will include a $2,000 association fee plus a hosting fee that depends on the number of responders annually. Service charges for instrument design and programming are charged separately. The hosting fees for the various levels of usage follow the guideline below. The final cost for each hosting service will be a fixed-cost project.

Category Y

For organizations that use Licensor's Web site for hosting SDA datasets and other CSM services. This basic membership does not entitle the Member to receive any software. The fee for category Y includes several factors:

If the total charge from adding up all of the above cost factors goes beyond $10,000, CSM will negotiate with the participating member to set a mutually agreeable charge.

• Category N - $9,500 per year
  For utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 50,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
• Category O - $15,200 per year
  For utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 125,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
• Category P - $26,000 per year
  For utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 250,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
• Category Q - $42,500 per year
  For utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 500,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
• Category R - $65,500 per year
  For utilization of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site up to 1,000,000 requests per year for any kind of SDA-supported procedures.
• Category S - $85,500 per year
  For unlimited use of SDA software on Licensee's computers and Web site.
  
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• Category X - In Federated memberships, several cooperating organizations act as a single member of the Association, and rely on the staff members from one site to handle all end-users within the Federated structure.  The annual fee for Federated memberships is determined as follows:

  The category for the organization with the highest level of utilization is used as the base fee (for which the minimum is Category C for CASES users, or Category N for members who only use SDA).  Additional fees are charged at one half the normal rate for each additional organization in the structure.  Federated Agreements should be accompanied by a written statement which identifies the organization which will serve as headquarters for the Federated structure and all satellite organizations.
  

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