ISTRO membership application form

B. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

1—REGULAR
May vote
May hold office
May serve on ISTRO committees

1*—REGULAR - reduced fee -
May vote
May hold office
May serve on ISTRO committees
Recuced fee for members from Low- Income, Lower- Middle Income and Upper-Middle Income Economies
as defined on the World Bank website http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/countryclass.html

2—STUDENT
Limited to five years as an undergraduate or as a graduate student
Shall cease at the end of the calendar year in which, student status no longer applies ISTRO shall request evidence of student status

3—RETIRED
Receive all privileges of regular members
Must be professionally retired and have had a total of 10 years of active membership
Must send letter requesting retired membership

4—CORPORATE
Open to businesses, firms, individuals, or corporations
Name one staff person, as official voting member
Name tour staff persons, including voting member, as member representatives
Receive all privileges of regular members

It is also possible to incorporate a subscription of the 'Soil and Tillage Research Journal'. This will add another US$ 90 to the membership fee (which is automatically added to the total).

Select a membership category (see above - US$ prices depend on the exchange rate, here a rate of 1 € = US$ 1.34 is used (rate @ 14 Feb 2013)): *

Calculated total membership fee in US$ (for payment details see bottom of the form)

C. MEMBER INQUIRY

In order to get an idea of the interest and activities of our members, we ask you to fill out the following form.

What fields have your interest? (multiple options are possible)
*

Soil Physics (water and solute movement, structure and aggregation, irrigation and drainage, soil mechanics, and engineering properties)

Soil Chemistry (analysis, acidity, liming, ion exchange, and physical chemistry)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry (soil microorganisms, organic matter, nitrogen transformations, decomposition, rhizosphere, mycorrhizae, and enzymes)

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (plant nutrients and plant nutrition, interaction of plant growth factors, and soil and plant tissue tests)

Soil and Water Management (irrigation, drainage, evaporation, transpiration, cropping systems, and cultural methods)

Environmental Quality (influences of tillage upon the environment and efforts to use tillage to improve environmental problems)

Tillage Implements (development and testing of tillage implements, performance, power requirements, seed placement, and energy)

Crop Production (plant and crop physiology, plant pathology, crop yield, mineral uptake and nutrition, germplasm development for tillage systems, plant responses to growth factors)

Other:

Present employer:
*

National, Federal, State or local government

University or college, Non student

University or college, Student

Industry, consultancy, Business, Farmer, Grower, Rancher

Institute, Association, Foundation

Other:

Student having: *

Professional activity (max 2 choices)
*

Highest degree of education *

Year of graduation *

Name of the Institute

D. MEMBERSHIP FEE CALCULATION

Your yearly membership fee is: US$

If you decide to pay for muliple years, you will receive a discount: 6 years: 10%, 9 years: 20%. Please select the number of years you would like to pay your fee: *

1 year

3 years

6 years

9 years

The calculated total fee is (US$):

Please select your method of payment *

Credit Card (US$)

Cheque to ISTRO (US$)

Bank transfer (US$)

E. PAYMENT

Before clicking the submit button and sending your application, you are requested to download, fill out, print and sign this PDF form, in order to fulfill your payment.

Please send the form by regular mail or FAX it to:

Dr. Stephen Prior
411 S. Donahue Dr., Auburn, AL 36832 USA
or
FAX: (USA): (334) 844 4741
FAX: (International): +1-334-844-4741