Corporate rates change effective January 2023
Membership in AMA ensures you are helping to promote responsible mining in Alaska. AMA Members are the strength of the Association and the backbone of mineral development and the support businesses that serve the mining industry. Earlier this year, AMA President Bartly Kleven tasked a subcommittee tasked a subcommittee of the executive committee to analyze the membership rate structure and offer recommendations for necessary changes. Lorali Simon, Mike Satre, Jim Clark, and Bill Jeffress compared membership rates of other statewide trade associations in Alaska, as well as other mining associations in other states where some of our companies also do business. It was clear that AMA was undervaluing membership in our organization. Our research and discussion on rate increases focused on the stability of AMA, particularly after the pandemic prevented us from holding our conventions for two years. Additionally, we found that in the past 20 years, AMA has increased dues just twice (2006 and 2016). At the recommendation of the subcommittee, in April, the Executive Committee voted to adopt an incremental rate increase structure so that AMA members can plan and budget. We also adopted a communications plan. Members of the subcommittee, as well as the officers personally called and/or emailed each corporate member in May to alert them of the rate increase. Additionally, the new rate structure was discussed on a statewide branch zoom in June, and at the November Annual Meeting, the full AMA Board of Directors ratified the new membership rates. The new rate structure includes newly-named categories to better differentiate individual and corporate memberships, as well as increases in all membership rates. Below is an overview of the 2023 corporate membership levels.
Individual membership levels remain the same. Incremental increases to dues will occur annually. Beginning January 1, 2024, dues for all categories of membership shall increase by two percent (2%) annually unless the AMA Executive Committee decides it is unnecessary to do so. Corporate Memberships Pioneer/High Grade Members: $15,000+ These members fund AMA at the highest level. Company membership includes 15 contacts, and the company will be prominently recognized in publications and set apart in the AMA yearly Service Directory. Producers: $10,000 For Alaska’s producing mines. Company membership includes 10 contacts, and the company will be prominently recognized in publications and set apart in the AMA yearly Service Directory. Developers: $5,000 For companies pursuing development of mining projects. Company membership includes five contacts, and the company will be prominently recognized in publications and set apart in the AMA yearly Service Directory. Explorers: $2,500 For companies exploring Alaska’s mineral deposits. Company membership includes two contacts, and the company will be recognized in publications and the AMA yearly Service Directory. Business Members: $1,000 For the companies that provide goods and services to Alaska’s mines. For companies pursuing development of mining projects. Company membership includes one contact, and the company will be recognized in publications and the AMA yearly Service Directory.
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