Membership Application Form and Dues Schedule

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Associated Church Press Membership Application

Publication/Publisher/Company/Individual: ______________________________________

MAILING ADDRESS: ______________________________________

______________________________________

STREET ADDRESS (if different than above): ______________________________________

PHONE: _____________ FAX: ___________

E-MAIL: ______________________________

WEBSITE :____________________________

PARENT COMPANY/ORGANIZATION: ______________________________________

DENOMINATION, if any:

______________________________________

PUBLICATION TYPE, in a brief phrase:

______________________________________

(EXAMPLES: local synod newspaper, denominational general interest magazine, theological journal, general-interest website, official denominational news service, seminary magazine, children’s publication, clergy newsletter, etc.)

Mail class: (e.g., First Class, Periodical)

______________________________________

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ________

PAGES PER ISSUE: ____ PAGE SIZE: ____

FREQUENCY: ______ CIRCULATION: _____

Mission Statement or (for individuals)

professional experience:

PERSON WHO FILLED OUT THIS FORM: ___________________________________

His/her email address and phone number: ___________________________________

Chief contact for most ACP affairs: ___________________________________

His/her email address and phone number: ___________________________________

Membership Agreement:

__ Applicant agrees to send three (3) copies of a recent issue of the publication.

__ Applicant agrees to send payment for a full year’s membership dues. (See dues schedule, next page.)

__ Applicant agrees to add the ACP office to its complimentary-copy mailing list, upon approval of membership.

___ Applicant accepts the terms of ACP’s Statement of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice (see statement at www.theacp.org).

Applicant’s Signature: ______________________________Date: ________________

(After application for membership is approved, we will ask for your networking information for the membership directory. After approval, members also are asked to add the ACP office to their complimentary-copy mailing list.)

Press Cards

ACP provides up to five photo-ID press cards at no extra charge per organization. Additional cards and replacement cards are $6 per card. E-mail head-and-shoulders photos with clearly identified names as you would have them printed on each card, to ASSOCIATEDCHURCHPRESS@GMAIL.COM.

Associated Church Press Annual Dues Schedule

ALL DUES MUST BE PAID IN FULL to enter the annual ACP "Best of the Christian Press" Awards competition in early January. Additionally, renewing Publication Members that make use of the U.S. Postal Service are asked to pay a modest contribution to fund ACP's extensive Postal Advocacy activities that are undertaken on their behalf. Member annual dues are as follows:

1. Publications based on circulation:

Circulation	Publications*	Newsletters
Below 5,000:	$145.00	$ 74.00
5,000 – 9,999:	$218.00	$ 109.00
10,000 – 19,999:	$290.00	$145.00
20,000 – 29,999:	$362.00	$182.00
30,000 – 49,999:	$435.00	$217.00
50,000 – 74,999:	$502.00	$246.00
75,000 – 99,999:	$561.00	$280.00
100,000 – 149,999:	$629.00	$315.00
150,000 – 249,999:	$695.00	$349.00
250,000 – 499,999:	$763.00	$383.00
500,000 or more	$824.00	$412.00
News Services	$745.00

* "Publication" is defined broadly to cover any journal, magazine, newspaper or news service. Newsletters pay a discounted membership, as shown.

2. Web-site-only memberships: $145. Print publications whose Web sites simply mirror the content of the printed product needn't apply for separate Web site membership. Web sites that contain at least 60 percent original material and are produced by a separate staff are considered a separate "publication" and must have their own ACP membership to partake of typical member benefits.

3. Blogs: $75. (Generally maintained by one person)

4. Individuals: $31 for former ACP editors; $26 for students; $41 all others. (e.g., working freelancers who submit their material to more than one publication.)

5. Affiliate membership: $128. (Non-publishing businesses or individuals whose work is related to religious communication.)

6. Membership based on budget: Membership dues may also by calculated on the basis of $3.20 per thousand of gross annual budget with a minimum dues payment of $145 for publications and Web sites and $74 for newsletters and blogs.

Publication membership is open to publications, Web sites, and news services that subscribe to ACP's purposes, that are recognized by churches or denominations as church publications, or that serve church constituents. To apply for publication membership, please do the following:

(1) Print out and complete an application form.

(2) Determine you membership fee and make your check payable to Associated Church Press. (The commitment of a full year's dues is required of all new members. If a new member joins in the middle of the calendar year, a "rebate" of 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of a year's membership will be applied to the following year's dues, according to when the member joined the association.)

(3) Enclose three copies of a recent issue of your publication and place them in an envelope with your initial membership dues check; and

(4) Mail to: Associated Church Press, P.O. Box 621001, Oviedo, FL 32762-1001. 407-341-6615 (phone). 407-386-3236 (fax). associatedchurchpress@gmail.com