Consultation on principles for revision of ISC membership dues structure | deadline: 6 June

Background

The ISC Dues Revision Working Group presented a set of principles to underpin the revision of the ISC membership dues structure at the ISC General Assembly in Muscat on 29–30 January 2025.

[See the recording of the General Assembly session here (timestamp 7:49:45 to 8:06:00).]

Current consultation

The Working Group is inviting written input from ISC Members to inform the revision of the ISC membership dues structure.

The survey is intended to capture the range of thinking within the membership on the ISC dues structure, and to elicit suggestions and ideas to help the Working Group develop a proposal for a fair and sustainable dues structure.

Comments and suggestions from all categories of ISC Member are welcome.

Online survey

Please submit your contributions via the survey below by 6 June 2025.

A Word version of the survey is available for your internal consultation and preparation of your organization’s survey responses.

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1. Contact details of the person submitting the survey response

Title *

First name *

Last name *

Email address *

ISC Member organization *

Role in the organization *

2. Does your organization generally agree with the principles put forward by the Dues Working Group at the General Assembly in Oman in January 2025?

• Yes
• No

Please provide feedback, if any

3. What factors should be considered when determining an ISC Member organization’s capacity to pay dues (e.g. GDP of a country/region/territory, gross income, income from membership dues, in-kind income, number of members, …)? You may answer for your own category of membership and for any other category on which your organization has a view.

Factors for Category 1 Members (international disciplinary unions and associations)

2. Does disciplinary national,

Factors for Category 2 Members (organizations representing a country, region or territory)

Factors for Category 3 Members (other types of organizations of primarily active scientists, national, regional and international)

4. If pertinent, are there any features of your own Member organization’s dues structure the ISC could adopt?

5. If you are aware of dues structures used by international scientific organizations, which features of those dues structures do you think the ISC could adopt?

6. Has your Member organization experienced any challenges in paying ISC membership dues? If so, please describe.

• Yes
• No

Please describe the challenges

7. What concerns or suggestions do you have about potential changes to the dues structure?

8. Any other comments?

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Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore

Operations Director

International Science Council

Sarah Moore