AAS Membership

Benefits

Regular Membership

A standard regular or student* membership includes:

• An electronic and hardcopy subscription to the Journal of Arachnology (ISSN 0160-8202), a publication devoted to the study of Arachnida. The Journal is published three times each year.
• Notices pertaining to the Society's annual meeting and reduced registration fees for the meetings

"Green" Membership

A green electronic-only regular or student* membership includes:

• An electronic only subscription to the Journal of Arachnology (ISSN 0160-8202), a publication devoted to the study of Arachnida. The Journal is published three times each year.
• Notices pertaining to the Society's annual meeting and reduced registration fees for the meetings

*Those seeking student memberships may be asked by the Membership Secretary to provide documentation that they are full-time students.

Lifetime Membership

Lifetime members of the AAS receive all benefits of membership (see above, and as amended in the future). Lifetime memberships may be obtained either by a single $1,375 (US) payment (25 x the present annual full membership) or payment of $687.50 (US) on two consecutive years.

If you pay online, there is an extra charge to defray the transaction costs.

2017 Dues

• Regular or Green (Electronic-only) - $55 by mail or $57.20 using paypal*
• Student or Green Student (Electronic only)- $30 by mail or $31.20 using paypal*
• Lifetime Individual Membership - $1,375 (25 x annual membership) or $1,416.55 using paypal*
• Institutional Subscription to the Journal of Arachnology - $125 (not available using paypal)

*Please note that PayPal transaction fees cost the Society $0.30 + about 3% of the total transaction.

How to Join or Renew

• Online using paypal
• By mail with a check (pdf form)

Developing Nations' Memberships

Sponsored memberships are available to faculty and students from developing nations. These memberships are free and entitle the member to all benefits of a regular membership. However, as a cost-saving measure, sponsored members will not receive a hard copy of the Journal of Arachnology but will have immediate access to the electronic journal.

If you wish to be considered for a sponsored membership, please contact the AAS Membership Secretary and provide:

• your home country
• your status (faculty, graduate student, etc.)
• and a brief statement about how sponsorship would be helpful.

The term "Developing nations" refers to those nations classified as having low and lower-middle gross national income (GNI) by the World Bank. This classification may be viewed at the world bank's website.