Membership

Subscriptions

The Executive Committee, which has responsibility under ACARM's Constitution for fixing subscription rates, has devised a subscription scale which will produce a reasonable income without penalising members in the poorer countries of the Commonwealth. The system used by the International Council on Archives, which relates subscriptions to GNP, is too complex to be adopted by ACARM as it stands, but a modified and more simple system based on the ICA model has been agreed.

A three-band subscription scale, related to ICA Category A subscription rates, was introduced in January 1998. A fourth category was introduced from 2001 to allow individual members to pay for four years. The benefits of membership are detailed elsewhere on this site.

Subscription Scale

ICA rates (US$)	ACARM subscription rates (UK£)
	National Archives	Other Institutions	*Individuals*	*4 years membership* (individual members only)
10,000 + Australia Canada United Kingdom	100	50	15	50 (saving £10)
1,000-10,000 Brunei Hong Kong* India Malaysia New Zealand Singapore South Africa	50	40	10	30 (saving £10)
Under 1,000 All other countries	35	30	6	15 (saving £9)
* Although Hong Kong is no longer a member of the Commonwealth, individual archivists may be individual members of ACARM under the 'any other interested persons' clause of the Constitution.