04/19/2024

Reciprocal Membership Agreements & Their Value

They allow organizations to engage with societies doing similar work

Association collaborations can take many forms, including joint memberships and partnerships. Another type of arrangement—reciprocal memberships—typically involve a dues discount that allows members of one society to join the other at a reduced rate.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), which has agreements with two national organizations and 16 international societies, is no stranger to reciprocal memberships.

"Reciprocal memberships allow organizations to engage with societies doing similar work," said Richard Moore, SIAM’s director of programs and services. "There’s a business argument and a mission argument for forming these arrangements."

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