If you have any questions about W3C Membership, Membership fees, or the process for becoming a W3C Member, please consult one of our Membership contacts.
If you represent a current W3C Member and are looking for information about Member access, please see this information about passwords for access to the Member Web site.
Before you start the Member Application process, we recommend that you:
The W3C Membership Application consists of a series of three electronic forms. Each time you submit a form, your changes are saved at W3C. This means that you do not have to complete the entire Application in one sitting.
When you submit this form, W3C will send you an email with information about advancing to Step 2. Please save the email as it contains information you will use for the duration of the application process, in particular, a unique Web address (URI) for your Application.
At the top of the form for Step 3, you will find a link to a customized Member Agreement. Before you complete Step 3, we recommend that you circulate it among the appropriate people in your organization, especially the person who will sign the contract.
Please note that, per the Membership Agreement, the initial term of Membership is for three (3) years.
Once you have completed step three:
W3C will notify you by email when your Membership Application has been approved (or whether there are problems with the application). The approval notification will include:
Please allow 5 business days for W3C to review your completed Membership Application. If, for any reason, W3C expects any delays in processing your Application, requires additional information, or cannot approve your Membership Application, we will contact you.
Summarizing the email you will receive from W3C during the application process:
Note: W3C Management reserves the right to review the eligibility of the Applicant for the organization type and fee level chosen in the Membership Application.
Once you have received notification from W3C that your Member Application has been approved, please print four copies of the customized Membership Agreement. Have your Contract Agent (named in Step 2 of the Membership Application) sign all four of them and return them to the address provided in the email approval of your application. One copy will be returned to you when it is fully executed by all three W3C Hosts.
Once W3C has received your signed Member Agreements, your Interim Membership Benefits will either start immediately, or at the beginning of the next quarter, according to what you requested in the Application.
Your Membership formally begins once all parties have signed the customized Member Agreement and W3C has received payment of the Membership fee.
Your Interim Membership will be suspended (after W3C Team review) if W3C does not receive payment of the first invoice within 45 days of the start of your Interim Membership Benefits.
Now that you have reviewed the steps for becoming a W3C Member, we look forward to receiving your completed Membership Application.
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