Corporate Membership

Program Information

Corporate Members of AST shall be priced and have the benefits according to the chart below. All AST Member Corporations will receive an AST Logo with their membership level and membership year that they can display on their website. Member-years will be governed by the rules outlined under the AST Member-years section of this page. All benefits are for a 1 year period beginning when AST receives a qualifying contribution.

Friend

(10 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo and link on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• 1 membership-year
• 1 announcement/quarter communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for 1 participant

Associate

(25 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo, link and paragraph on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• Logo and link on “Friends of the AST ” web page
• 2 membership-years
• Place 1 announcement/month communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for up to 2 participants

Supporter

(50 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo, link and paragraph on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• Logo, link and paragraph on “Friends of the AST” web page
• 3 membership-years
• Place 2 announcement/month communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for up to 3 participants

Patron

(100 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo, link and paragraph on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• Logo, link and paragraph on “Friends of the AST” web page
• Logo and URL in 1 AST Newsletter
• 5 membership-years
• Place 1 announcement/week communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for up to 5 participants

Benefactor

(250 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo, link and paragraph on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• Logo, link and paragraph on “Friends of the AST” web page
• Logo, URL and paragraph in 1 AST Newsletter
• 10 membership-years
• Place 1 announcement/week communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for up to 10 participants

Visionary

(1000 x Regular Membership Dues)

• Logo, link and paragraph on “AST Corporate Members” web page
• Logo, link and paragraph on “Friends of the AST” web page
• Logo, URL and paragraph in each AST Newsletter that year
• Logo, link and special thanks from AST on the AST home page
• 25 membership-years
• Place 1 announcement/week communicated to members or on website
• 10% CAST discount for up to 25 participants

Terms & Conditions

Benefits may be customized for a particular purchasing organization.  Customized benefits packages must be of roughly equivalent value and adhere to the spirit of the base packages listed above.  Custom benefit packages must be approved by at least 2 current AST Directors/Officers who are not affiliated with the purchasing corporation. Under no circumstance will packages consist of member years at a price of less than 75% of the current price of annual membership. Under no circumstance will packages include or imply any benefit that involves AST backing, supporting, or promoting any purchasing organization’s products or services.

Member-years

A member-year is one year of AST membership for one person purchased for that person by a corporation. AST member-years are subject to the following rules:

• Member-years are only valid for full year memberships.  Once a member-year has been assigned to an individual, that member-year is non-refundable and non-transferable.
• A corporation will identify the recipient of each member-year to AST prior to their year of membership commencing.
• The individual receiving a member-year must agree to the AST code of ethics prior to them being recognized by the AST as a member of the AST.
• Once an individual is named by a corporation as being the recipient of a member-year, and the AST acknowledges that individual as accepting the member-year and agreeing to the AST code of ethics, that individual shall be recognized as a regular voting member of the AST with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities thereof.
• Once purchased, unused member-years shall not expire.

Each corporation purchasing member-years is responsible for designating a single Point of Contact (PoC) for the AST to interact with in managing member-years.  The AST Executive Director, Secretary, and/or Membership Committee Chairperson shall maintain the AST records of corporate member-years, but it is strongly recommended that the corporation additionally maintain records of AST member-years purchased and used.

*Note* AST Member-year policies are non-negotiable.

For more information or to purchase a corporate membership send an email to: member.services@associationforsoftwaretesting.org