FINANCES

ISPRS is supported financially by four main membership categories: Ordinary Members, Associate Members, Regional Members, and Sustaining Members.  All fees are payable on an annual basis.. It is the responsibility of each member to pay their full membership fee each year in Swiss Francs or the equivalent in USD or Euros. All banking fees at the originating bank are to be paid by the Member.

1. Each Ordinary Member (ODM) organization remits fees to the Treasurer of ISPRS on a scale broadly related to the number of photogrammetrists and remote sensing specialists it represents.

   Ordinary Membership is arranged in eight (8) categories as follows:
   

   Number of Active
    Specialists        Category           Annual Subscription
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   Less than 26		1		100  Swiss Francs
   26 -  50		2		200  Swiss Francs
   51 - 150		3		600  Swiss Francs
   151 - 250		4		1000  Swiss Francs
   251 - 400		5		1600  Swiss Francs
   401 - 600		6		2400  Swiss Francs
   601 - 800		7		3200  Swiss Francs
   More than 800		8		4800  Swiss Francs
   

   Ordinary Member organizations select their own category and may at any time increase their category but may not lower their category without previous approval by the General Assembly.

   Voting rights at quadrennial General Assemblies is tied directly to the category number. Category 8 members cast 8 votes; category 1 members cast 1 vote on each voting issue. Ordinary members have an incentive to increase their category during the Congress.  

    

2. The annual contribution paid by Associate Members (AsM) is one-half that of the Ordinary Member of their country or one unit, whichever is greater.

       Category         Annual Subscription
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         1       		100  Swiss Francs
         2       		600  Swiss Francs
         3      		1200  Swiss Francs
         4      		2400  Swiss Francs
   

3. The annual contribution paid by Regional Members (RgM) is 100 Swiss Francs

    

4. Sustaining Members (StM) pay an annual fee according to the number of employees in their organizations defined by the five categories below:
   

     Category     Num.Specialists                 Annual Subscription
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     A      	more than 750 employees    	3000  Swiss Francs
     B      	100 - 750 employees        	1500  Swiss Francs
     C      	25 - 100 employees          	800  Swiss Francs
     D      	1 - 25 employees            	400  Swiss Francs
     E      	Educational Institutes      	250  Swiss Francs
   

5. All financial responsibility for the Congress and Commission Symposia is entrusted to the Ordinary Member host organization. The Society does not provide funds for these activities.

6. The Ordinary Member organization which hosts a Technical Commission is entrusted with complete financial responsibility for all expenses incurred by the work of the Commission.

7. Chairpersons of Working Groups are required to be financially able to attend the mid-term Symposium of their Commission and the quadrennial Congress.

8. The financial affairs of the Society are examined by a Financial Commission elected by the General Assembly.