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| ====== IFLRY Membership Fee System ====== | ====== IFLRY Membership Fee System ====== | ||
| - | This page explains how membership fees are calculated for full, associate and observer member organisations of IFLRY for the calendar year 2025. The rules were confirmed by the General Assembly held in Tallinn, Estonia (15–17 Nov 2024). | + | This page explains how membership fees are calculated for full, associate and observer member organisations of IFLRY for the calendar year 2025. The rules were confirmed by the General Assembly held in Tallinn, Estonia (15–17 Nov 2024) and are available [[https:// |
| ===== 1. Quick Summary ===== | ===== 1. Quick Summary ===== | ||
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| 5 % Solidarity Fund: 0.05 × €630 = €31.50 (optional) | 5 % Solidarity Fund: 0.05 × €630 = €31.50 (optional) | ||
| - | ==> Invoice: €630 | + | ==> Invoice: €630 (+ €31.50 donation) |
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| Per-member fee: 5 000 × €0.01 = €50 | Per-member fee: 5 000 × €0.01 = €50 | ||
| Budget component: | Budget component: | ||
| - | Total (before caps): €200 | + | --------------------------------- |
| + | Total fee: €50 + €150 = €200 | ||
| Minimum check: | Minimum check: | ||
| - | ==> Invoice: €200 | + | 5 % Solidarity Fund: 0.05 × €200 = €5 (optional) |
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| + | ==> Invoice: €200 | ||
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| Subtotal: | Subtotal: | ||
| Associate discount: | Associate discount: | ||
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| Total fee: 0.5 × €664.20 = €332.10 | Total fee: 0.5 × €664.20 = €332.10 | ||
| Min/Max check: | Min/Max check: | ||
| + | 5 % Solidarity Fund: 0.05 × €332.10 = €16.61 (optional) | ||
| - | ==> Invoice: €300 | + | ==> Invoice: €300 |
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| An organisation is deemed to be in good financial standing if it has paid the two most recently issued membership fees. The 2025 fee is issued on 1st June 2025 so before that date (for example in May of 2025), financial standing was determined based on having paid the 2023 and 2024 fees. | An organisation is deemed to be in good financial standing if it has paid the two most recently issued membership fees. The 2025 fee is issued on 1st June 2025 so before that date (for example in May of 2025), financial standing was determined based on having paid the 2023 and 2024 fees. | ||
| + | If you are not in good financial standing by the start of the roll call at a General Assembly, you will not receive voting rights. Note in particular that positively recommended solidarity fund applications only come into effect after they are approved by the plenary session of the GA (not after they are voted on by the standing committee on finances). | ||
| ===== 6. Appeals & Solidarity Fund ===== | ===== 6. Appeals & Solidarity Fund ===== | ||
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| + | Reduced membership fee applications and solidarity fund applications serve different purposes. Solidarity fund applications are for cancelling existing debts and so are backwards-looking. Reduced membership fee applications are the opposite, they are a request for future fees to be reduced and so are forwards-looking. It is possible to submit one or the other or both! | ||
| * **Reduced Fee Request: | * **Reduced Fee Request: | ||
| * Possible when normal fee is unaffordable. | * Possible when normal fee is unaffordable. | ||