1. Qualification:

Any person above the age of 18 and competent to contract, or any Organization, Firm, Company, Trust, Association, Government, Educational or Research Institution or An Agency or Division of  any such entity or any other group legally constituted and capable of sueing and being sued in a court of law  can be a member of the society. 

2.  Classification:

The membership of the society is classified into two broad categories namely Domestic and International with 11 sub categories in the Domestic and  10 sub categories in the International categories as detailed below. 

                      i.            The signatories to the memorandum shall be called the “Founder Members”.

                    ii.            Individuals who join the society by payment of an annual fees shall be designated as the “Primary Members”.

                  iii.            Individual Members who are pursuing studies in any of the educational programmes of the society and students of any other organization approved by the society shall be considered as the “Student Members”.

                  iv.            Non Individual Members will be considered as “Institutional Members”.

                    v.            Institutional members who enter into an agreement with the society agreeing to offer part or whole of their products and services through the society and to share revenue arising there of with the society shall be called “Constituent Members”.

                  vi.            Members who contribute substantial financial assistance to the society not less than the  minimum  prescribed for the purpose shall be designated as “Patron Members”

                 vii.            “Constituent Members” who cumulatively share revenue with the society not less than the amount  prescribed for the “Patron Members” shall be designated as the “Constituent Patron Members”. 

              viii.            Individuals who pay the prescribed fee for the purpose shall be designated as “Life Members”. 

                 ix.            Non Individual Members who pay the prescribed fee for the purpose shall be considered as “Institutional Life  Members”. 

                   x.            Members who are invited and admitted to the membership of the society in recognition of their contribution to the Cyber Society without payment of any fees shall be designated as “Honorary Members”. 

                 xi.            Members who are accepted by the society as representatives in the Governing Board nominated by the Government or any agency that provides financial and other support to the society are designated as “Nominated Members” and shall not require to pay any fees.

                 xii.            Student members consist of those who are studying in any academic institution. 

3. Restrictions and Conditions:

                     i.            All fresh membership are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. 

                   ii.            Membership terminating in a financial year shall be considered extended upto the end of the financial year.  

                  iii.            Non-Life Membership shall be for a period of one year and shall expire if not renewed at the end of the financial year after the term. 

                 iv.            Life membership shall be for a period of 20 years and shall expire if not renewed at the end of the financial year after the term. 

                   v.            All memberships may be renewed in advance. 

                 vi.            Any membership can be converted into a higher level of membership before expiry by payment of the differential fee. 

                vii.            Constituent Membership shall be co-terminus with the underlying revenue sharing contract. 

              viii.            Founder, Patron and Constituent Patron, Honarary and Nominated Membership shall not have any fixed tenure. 

                 ix.            All memberships other than the Founder, Honorary, Nominated and Student membership will in case of death of the member subsist with the legal heirs until the expiry of the membership and shall be transferable to the legal heir after due process of verification. 

4. Entrance and other fees or subscriptions

The fees and subscriptions for various categories of membership may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors subject to the minimum prescribed here in which shall be considered as the prescribed schedule unless duly modified. 

5. Dates prescribed for payment of the amounts specified and levy of penalty or fines if any

                                 i.            All fresh memberships will be effective from the date of receipt of relevant fee if any by the society or from the date of approval by the Board of Directors which ever is earlier.

                                ii.            All renewals of memberships shall be effective from the date of receipt at the office of the society before the expiry of the membership which shall be considered extended upto the end of the financial year in which the original membership expires.

                               iii.            All renewals of membership before the expiry of the original term of membership shall be eligible for a rebate of 10 %. 

 [Eg: A member who joins on 5^th July 2004 may renew the membership before 5^th July 2005 at a rebated fee of Rs 900/- instead of the prescribed annual fee of Rs 1000. Renewal on or after 5^th July 2005 upto 31^st March 2006 shall be at the rate of Rs 1000/-.]