The National EBS Association (NEBSA), established in1978, is a nonprofit professional organization representing Educational Broadband Service (EBS) licensees.
Membership in the organization is open to EBS licensees and to individuals, businesses, organizations, institutions or professional societies that do not have an EBS license but wish to support and share in the activities of the Association.
Benefits of membership include:
Annual dues are established and reviewed by the Board of Directors.
CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
There are three membership categories: EBS Licensees, Associate Members, and Business and Corporate Members.
EBS LICENSEES MEMBERS
Open to all nonprofit entities holding an EBS (ITFS) license. Members shall name an official representative to serve as that organization's contact person and voting representative.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Open to any individual, nonprofit organization, educational institution, or professional society that does not hold an EBS (ITFS) license, nor is a business entity, and wish to share in the activities and support of the NEBSA. Members shall name an official representative to serve as the contact person and to receive announcements and other information.
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE MEMBERS
Open to any business (individual, partnership, association, company, corporation, etc.) that wish to share in the activities and support of NEBSA. Such members shall name one representative to serve as the official representative to receive announcements and other information. This official representative is eligible to be appointed to one of the three (3) NEBSA Board positions designated to represent business and industry.
There are three levels of membership for EBS Licensee Members and Associate Members with ascending levels of benefits.
All members are entitled to a 250-word description of their products or services in their NEBSA website listing.
Basic EBS Licensee Membership Annual Dues $500
Basic Associate Membership Annual Dues $500
The Official Representative:
Institutional EBS Membership Annual Dues $800
Institutional Associate Membership Annual Dues $800
The Official Representative and two additional representatives:
Sustaining EBS Membership Annual Dues $1400
Sustaining Associate Membership Annual Dues $1400
The Official Representative and four additional representatives:
Patron EBS Membership Annual Dues $1750
Patron Associate Membership Annual Dues $1750
The Official Representative and six additional representatives:
Basic Business and Corporate Memberships
There are four levels of membership available to all individual, partnerships, incorporated and unincorporated business entities. Business and Corporate Membership includes a listing and logo in the Business Sponsors section of the NEBSA website
Basic Business and Corporate Membership Annual Dues $680
Businesses with 1 to 5 employees
The Official Representative will:
Contributing Business and Corporate Membership Annual Dues $1500
Businesses with 6 to 100 employees
The Official Representative and three additional representatives will:
Patron Level Business and Corporate Membership Annual Dues $3500
Businesses with over 100 employees
The Official Representative and ten additional designees will: