membership

[John Unsworth]

Fotis,

I agree with Sebastian that the scheme for determining membership fees may 
be unclear, if the fees seem too high: a German (or American, or British, 
or other first-world economy) organization could join for anywhere from 
$500 to $5,000, depending on the number of people.  For example, if the 
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, at the University of 
Virginia, were to join on its own, and not on behalf of the whole 
University of Virginia, then we would pay $1500, because we are more than 
five but fewer than fifteen.  The complexity of the sliding scale for 
membership fees is our best attempt to accommodate organizations of 
different sizes, in economies of different strengths.  And, as Sebastian 
points out, individuals do not need to belong to member institutions in 
order to participate in any of the functions of the TEI.

John