About Membership

Why Join?

Joining MIMOSA provides your organization with access and input to the MIMOSA standards currently under development. Participation in the MIMOSA Technical Committee will provide your organization with early lead time for development and comments. In addition, you are provided significant discounts for various MIMOSA-related training and conferences. Finally, MIMOSA Sponsors are featured in MIMOSA's marketing materials (including the website) and may submit their products for compliance certification at no additional cost.

MIMOSA memberships are in four categories. Sponsors, Corporate Members, Individual Members and Academic Members have voting privileges. Friends are honorary members and do not have voting privileges. Annual dues are required from all except Friends.

Corporate Sponsors and Corporate Members may have any number of employees attend the various functions. Academic Members have access to the Members-Only area of the website. Each member entity is entitled to a single vote for bylaws changes or the election of directors.

The current "official" MIMOSA organizational logo is the MIMOSA blade with the Service Mark (SM) alongside the upper right corner. It is depicted below and may be downloaded for use by Members signifying their membership in MIMOSA.

Sponsor members gold badge	The silver members badge for the current year may be displayed by the Corporate, Individual and Academic members.

How to become a member

1. The first step in becoming a MIMOSA member is to determine which category your company is in. See the membership requirements section below for more information.



2. The second step is to download copies of MIMOSA's Membership Application, Bylaws, Licenses and Intellectual Property Agreement for your review.



3. The third step is to fax or mail a signed Membership Application to the address listed below. All checks should be made payable to "MIMOSA".



4. For those who wish to participate in the MIMOSA standard and specification content creation process as part of the MIMOSA Technical Committee, the fourth step is to fax or mail a signed Intellectual Property Agreement to the address listed below. Those who have questions about this document or their need to sign it should contact MIMOSA at: info@mimosa.org.
   
   Membership Application [PDF]   Membership Application [DOC]
   MIMOSA By-laws
   MIMOSA Licenses
   
   Intellectual Property Agreement
   
   Fax: 1-949-625-8616
   Mail: MIMOSA
   2704 8th St.
   Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
   USA
   
   If you have any questions or to arrange for international monetary transfers, please contact us.



5. The fifth and final step is to notify all individuals in your organization who should have access to the MIMOSA Members-Only Yahoo Group areas to request membership. The MIMOSA-Members group is designed for management and marketing members and the MIMOSA-Technical group is targeted for technical committee members. Individuals can join either or both of these groups by following the instructions as shown here.

Membership Costs

The Corporate Sponsor's fee of $5000 per year includes the use of the MIMOSA Compliant® trademark on products that are certified compliant. Corporate Members pay $1000 or $500 per year (depending if previous year's sales exceeded $2 million.) Academic Members are those educators and academics, outside North America, that are not involved in use of the trademark. They pay $250/year.

Membership Renewals

To renew your MIMOSA membership for the next 12 months, please fax or mail the MIMOSA Membership Renewal Application to the address listed below. All checks should be made payable to "MIMOSA".