Membership Application Form

Annual subscription for membership of the Museums Copyright Group

Return to:
Heather Caven 
Honorary Treasurer, Museums Copyright Group 
C/o National Maritime Museum 
Greenwich 
London, SE10 9NF

Details:	Amount Due: (£)	

Annual subscription for membership of the Museums Copyright Group for the year 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. See overleaf for Membership Bands and highlight relevant amount.	
25  /  50

100  /  250

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS 

If you wish to make any changes to your membership, or have any other membership queries, please contact Debbie McDonnell, Group Secretary, by email: mcdonnelldebbie@yahoo.com. 
Members: 

	Full Name	Job Title	email address
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PAYMENT DETAILS 

Payment may be made by BACS or by cheque. Please quote the Name of the Organisation if paying by BACS. If paying by cheque, please make it payable to the ‘Museums Copyright Group’ and return to Heather Caven, Honorary Treasurer, at the address given above. 
Should you have any payment queries please contact Heather directly by telephone, 020 8312 8501, or by e-mail: hcaven@nmm.ac.uk.
Account Name: 	Museums Copyright Group 
Bank: 			Lloyds TSB, Greenwich Branch, 6 Crescent Arcade, London, SE10 9EL 
Sort Code: 		30-93-70
Account Number: 	00516115
VAT Number:              N/A 	

MUSEUMS COPYRIGHT GROUP MEMBERSHIP

The Museums Copyright Group was established in 1998 and is the only organisation whose sole mandate is to co-ordinate, mediate and lobby for the strategic interests of museums and galleries in this area. We interact with other sectoral and cross-sectoral bodies, industry and media organisations, and government departments, at a national and international level.

There are three types of membership available:

1. 	Museums, Galleries and Cultural Heritage Organisations 
2. 	Non Cultural Heritage Organisations 
3. 	Private Individuals

Benefits of membership include:
•	Exclusive membership of the MCG online discussion forum where individual copyright issues can be raised and answers shared;
•	Invitation to 2 Annual Wider Group meetings a year, one of which will be held outside London;
•	Continued lobbying of the UK Intellectual Property Office regarding the copyright interests of the museum / gallery sector;
•	Minutes to the quarterly Executive and Wider Group meetings;
•	Networking opportunities via Wider Group meetings, the online discussion forum and generally-circulated Members list
	
1. 	Museums, Galleries and Cultural Heritage Organisations 

Membership Band 	Member Entitlement	Annual
Subscription Fee (£)	
Annual income of £10 million or over	Up to 5 members	250	
Annual income between £5 million and £10 million 	Up to 3 members	100	
Annual income under £5 million 	Up to 2 members	50	
Annual income under £1million 	1 member 	25	

Further members may be added to each Membership Band at an annual subscription rate of £25 per person. 

2. 	Non Cultural Heritage Organisations 

The Museums Copyright Group welcomes membership applications from commercial organisations, including law firms and other organisations with an interest in the sector.

The annual membership fee is a minimum of £100 per person. 

3. 	Private Individuals 

Annual membership fee of £25 per person.