IHS Specific Information

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• Membership

  [Why Join] -- [What's the Cost] -- [How to Join IHS] -- [How to Renew Your Membership] -- [Your Background Info] -- [Membership List]

  (Last Update 14 July 04)

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  Join with other hydrofoilers to...

  For all Regular and Student Members:

  • Enjoy the benefits of reduced prices for most IHS products and for IHS sponsored and co-sponsored functions
  • Receive a quarterly Newsletter containing news and commentary on the latest events in the hydrofoil field
  • Provide a source of authoritative education and advice on hydrofoil history, technology, and application.
  • Advance the state of the art of hydrofoil technology.
  • Stimulate development of new designs for hydrofoils and their subsystems.
  • Introduce new ideas for hydrofoil support, logistics, and affordability.
  • Stimulate professional interest in hydrofoil commercial, military, and hobby applications.
  • Stimulate amateur interest in designing and building motor, sail, and human-powered hydrofoil craft, including models.
  • Assist in establishing and refining regulations to ensure that hydrofoils are operated safely.
  • Foster hydrofoil technology, design, and applications in school curricula and student projects.
  • Keep abreast of hydrofoil news and technology developments.
  • Enjoy stimulating technical, professional, and social interactions and exchange with other hydrofoilers.
  • Record, preserve, and honor the achievements of hydrofoil pioneers and their craft.
  • Build and maintain a bibliography of hydrofoil related texts, technical papers, books, and magazine articles.
  • Build and maintain an interactive website that fosters and enables the purposes of the society (including a link to your website from IHS)

  For Sustaining Members:

  • All the above, PLUS
  • Designation of up to 12 employees as Regular IHS Members
  • Organizational logo prominently displayed in the IHS Newsletter, on the IHS letterhead and in the IHS Website.
  • Hot link from organizational  logo to your organizational website.
  • Publication of an annual organizational update (up to 250 word) in the IHS Newsletter

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  Dues

  • Regular Membership dues are US $20.00 per calendar year (January through December, inclusive)
  • Student Membership dues are US are US $10.00*
  • Sustaining Memberships are US $250.00*
  • Life Membership (No Longer Offered For Sale)
  • OANDA Foreign Currency Converter

  The IHS Board of Directors, Officers, and Staff are volunteers, and they pay their annual dues like the other IHS members. The modest IHS dues do not go for salaries, but are used, to cover the monthly charge of the home page internet provider, to print and mail the newsletter and other informative materials, to purchase the plaques for IHS awards, etc. The cost of dinner meetings held in the Washington DC area is recovered through the price of admission to these events.

  * Regular members have the option of receiving their copy of the quarterly newsletter as hard copy by surface mail. Student members and Sustaining Members are presumed to be computer literate and therefore receive the electronic version of the newsletter (it is easy to print out the electronic newsletter on your own printer if you want a hard copy).

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  How to Start Your Membership

  • If paying by mail, send your name, mail and e-mail addresses, and phone number(s) with payment to: International Hydrofoil Society; Post Office Box 51; Cabin John MD 20818-0051, USA. IHS accepts checks, money orders and cash, in US dollars only. Please do not mail credit card information; we have no way to process it.
  • IHS accepts on-line payment by credit card from the USA and about 35 other countries via the PayPal service. Click Here to see the current list of non-US countries. It's easy! Just add Regular, Student or Sustaining Membership to your shopping cart below. When ready to pay, click on the View Cart button and follow instructions (note: if you are joining from outside USA, please click on the rather small link Outside the US? in the payment form... it is in the middle of the form and rather easy to miss). If you are paying with a non-US credit card, your bank will convert the membership fee to your own currency. Your bank may charge a service fee in accordance with their policies and practices for currency conversion. IHS accepts credit cards only through the on-line PayPal service. Please do not mail or email your credit card information directly to IHS because we have no way to process it.
  • New regular members please tell us whether you prefer to receive the newsletter in electronic form or as hard copy. Student and Sustaining members receive the electronic version only. Also, please read our mailing list policy, then indicate below whether we can include your name and address on our member list.
  • Membership is by calendar year (January through December, inclusive). If you join before 15 November,your dues are not prorated; however, at your request you will be given any benefits that you may have missed during the year including passwords for any missed issues of the Newsletters.If you join after 15 November, your dues will be credited to the following year, but you will receive all benefits remaining in the year in which you paid. You can pay for more than one year if you are behind in your dues or if you want to pay ahead. Simply change the quantity listed in the shopping cart and click the "update cart" button.

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  To Join or Renew by Credit Card, Select Regular or Student Membership Below Are you outside the USA? Click Here to see the current list of countries from which credit card payments are accepted
  Newsletter Preference? On-Line (Adobe Acrobat) Hard Copy via postal mail Membership List Preference?   Yes, Include Me in the List No, Do not show me in the list Regular Membership $20.00 per Calendar Year	Newsletter Preference? On-Line (Adobe Acrobat) Hard Copy Not Available Membership List Preference?   Yes, Include Me in the List No, Do not show me in the list Student Membership $10.00 per Calendar Year
  Newsletter Preference? On-Line (Adobe Acrobat) Hard Copy not available Membership List Preference?   Yes, Include Me in the List No, Do not show me in the list Sustaining Membership $250.00 per Calendar Year	Sustaining membership also includes the designation of up to twelve additional individual Regular memberships.
  Click the View Cart Button and follow instructions when ready to pay. Or Click Here to shop for IHS Publications Behind in your dues? You can pay for more than one year: simply change the quantity listed in the shopping cart and click the "update cart" button. Please disregard the PayPal statement "Shipping, tax, and handling costs will be calculated upon checkout." There are no extra charges for shipping, tax, or handling. First time PayPal users: keep a record of the password you establish during the transaction in case you want to use PayPal again for other purchases Previous PayPal users: if you have moved or changed / renewed your credit card, log on to www.paypal.com and update your account info before you order!

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   How to Renew Your Membership

  Same instructions as above for starting membership. If you are behind in your dues, you will have the opportunity during checkout to change the number of years for which you will be charged. Please indicate in the comment section of the payment form which year(s) you are paying for.

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  Your Background Information (Optional)

  For the "Welcome to New Members" section of the IHS newsletter, we would like to have a few paragraphs of information about you... educational and professional background, nature of your interest in hydrofoils, etc. (You do not have to have academic credentials or work experience with hydrofoils!). If you are renewing, please take this opportunity to let us know of anything new and hydrofoil-related in your career or life. If you are paying by credit card (see above), there is a place for comments in the payment form where you can enter this information. Otherwise, just send an email to editor@foils.org.

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  Membership List

  Membership Contact List/ Mailing List now available to members. Current and new members were notified of the password by email. This list is password-protected and accessible to members only, with certain exceptions as provided for in the IHS Mailing List Policy.

  Click Here and enter password to view the list. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the page, and you will need to use the Zoom function in the reader to enlarge the print. If you forgot the password, contact webmaster@foils.org

  This list should be held within the membership, and should never be used to "spam" the membership. If spamming becomes a problem, this may lead to discontinuation of the list. Periodic updates to the list will be published, and notification of the update and new password will be made by email to members in good standing. Instructions for submitting changes and correction to this list are in the footer of the list itself. You may ask that all or part of your information be removed (or added) at any time by contacting the webmaster.

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Sustaining Members are corporations, companies institutions and other organizations who wish to support the work of the Society.

	Island Engineering, formed in 1999, is dedicated to design and engineering support of high performance marine vehicles- primarily for the development of advanced ride control systems.
	Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (MAPC) provides a mix of scientists, engineers, naval architects and technicians who are motivated to move ideas from concept through design and prototype.

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