Membership Levels

There will be seven (7) classes of Membership in the Teleoperation Consortium:

·         Corporate Member. A Corporate Member is a person or organization that operates a business which has interests in the vehicle communication environment. Corporate Members may have other types of business interests and still meet the criteria to be a Corporate Member. Corporate Members may be elected to the Board of Directors.

·         Associate Member.  An Associate Member is any entity that qualifies as a Corporate Member that may join the Teleoperation Consortium at a reduced dues rate.  Associate Members will have all the rights and responsibilities of Corporate Members, except that they cannot hold board seats or chair Board committees. Dues shall be at one-fourth Corporate Member dues. 

·         Startup Member. A Startup Member is any entity that qualifies as a Corporate Member self-funded or less than $5 million in funding, pre-revenue, fewer than 10 members and under 5 years old.  Startups may join the Teleoperation Consortium at no cost.  Startup Members will have all the rights and responsibilities of Corporate Members, except that they cannot hold board seats or vote. Startup Members have no voting privileges and pay no dues. 

·         Affiliate Member. An Affiliate Member is any standards or specification developing entity, patent pool or alliance, non-profit or similar entity that does not qualify for Corporate, Associate or Academic membership. Affiliate members have no voting privileges and pay no dues.

·         Public Entity Member.  A Public Entity Member is any municipal government agency or any federal, state, territory, province or country involved in communications, vehicle safety, transportation management or related area.  Public Entity Members have no voting privileges and pay no dues.

·         Academic Member.  An Academic Member is any college, university or other educational institution as approved by the board. Academic Members have no voting privileges and pay no dues.

·         Advisory Member.  An Advisory Member is any individual so appointed by the Board of Directors.  Advisory members have no voting privileges and pay no dues.

THE FOLLOWING INDICATES THE ACCESS AND PERMISSION LEVELS, AND DUES REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH MEMBERSHIP CLASS:

Membership Class Annual Dues

Corporate: $6,000

Associate: $1,500

Startup: No Cost

Public Entity: No Cost

Affiliate: No Cost

Academic: No Cost

Advisory: No Cost

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