Changes in membership dues effective from April 2005

March 1, 2005

Dear JOS members,

RE: Changes in membership dues effective from April 2005

For non-student members of the Oceanographic Society of Japan (JOS), including those who have overseas mailing addresses, the annual membership dues will increase to JPY1,1000, effective from the membership year 2005 (from April 2005 through March 2006). For student members, the dues are JPY6,000. These changes were approved by the members at the Annual Fall Meeting in Matsuyama on 25 September 2004. For members of an age of 65 or older, the membership dues will be JPY8,000 (subject to approval by members at the Annual Meeting in March 2005).

Membership dues of JOS have not been changed for the past 15 years. The executive officers of JOS had been coping with increasing costs of journal publication and society management. They did their best to curb society's expenses, but our financial state had not been improved significantly. In August 2004, the Business Center for Academic Societies Japan, or the former management contractor for the society, had been suddenly declared bankruptcy, and the task of reestablishing our financial robustness became an urgent one. We believe, on the other hand, that the scientific community is increasingly a global one and that JOS should make itself more open to the international community of oceanographers. We therefore decided to discontinue the separate membership category for overseas residents. Membership dues will be the same irrespective of their mailing addresses.

I do appreciate your understanding of the society's situation. Thank you for your continued support and membership in JOS.

Sincerely yours,

Shiro Imawaki
President, the Oceanographic Society of Japan

日時: 2005年01月03日 15:25パーマリンク


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