Membership Levels

There are eight (8) classes of Membership in the Connected Vehicle Trade Association:

  1. Corporate Member. A Corporate Member is a person or organization that operates a business which has interests in the vehicle communication environment. Corporate Members may have other types of business interests and still meet the criteria to be a Corporate Member.

  2. Trial Member. A Trial Member is a person or organization that operates a business which has interests in the vehicle communication environment. Trial Members may have other types of business interests and still meet the criteria to be a Trial Member. Trial members have all the rights and privileges except that cannot vote or serve on the board.

  3. India Chapter Member. A India Chapter Member is an organization that operates a business which has interests in the vehicle communication environment ans is solely domiciled in India. India Chapter Members may have other types of business interests and still meet the criteria to be a member. India Chapter members have all the rights and privileges except that cannot vote or serve on the board.

  4. Public Entity Member. A Public Entity Member is any municipal government agency or any federal, state, territory, province or country involved in communications, vehicle safety, transportation management or related area.

  5. Associate Member. An Associate Member is any standards or specification developing entity, patent pool or alliance, or similar entity that does not qualify for principal or educational membership. An associate member must execute a Shared Vision Memorandum of Understanding as a condition of membership.

  6. Educational Member. An Educational Member is any representative of a college, university or other educational institution as approved by the board.

  7. Advisory Membership. By action of the board of directors, any individual or organization may be appointed as an Advisory member, who shall not have any voting rights. Advisory Membership is the only class of membership which does not require the payment of dues.

  8. Startup Member. Startups less than 5 years old, with fewer than 10 employees and less than $5 million funding can join CVTA with no dues requirement.

 

 

THE FOLLOWING INDICATES THE ACCESS AND PERMISSION LEVELS, AND DUES REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH MEMBERSHIP CLASS:

Membership Class Annual Dues

Corporate: $6,000

Trial: $1,500

Public Entity: $1,200

Associate: $600

Education: $600

Startup: No Cost

Advisory: No Cost

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