Corporate Membership

Letter to the Sponsors from The President - Please click this link for a .pdf version of the letter

The International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS) has been in existence for over 25 years, and has an active membership of approximately 600 members; mainly practicing clinicians and researchers. ICHS has been holding international conferences on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host every other year, the last meeting was in 2006 was its 14^th international conference. The next symposium will take place on 22-25 June 2008, in Thessaloniki Greece.

Recent initiatives within the society have included:

• ICHS consultancy panels (advisory boards)
• ICHS Learning Initiatives.  The first of these, the Mycology Initiative, was launched in 2001; module 3 was recently completed and is now available to members.  Modules 1 and 2 are available to anyone interested

The ICHS would like to thank its sponsors and exhibitors for their support over the past years.  Past sponsors include:

As you know sponsors are able to choose which items they support at the biennial symposium, e.g.: conference bags, suites, lunches, satellites etc on a first-come-first-served basis.  ICHS plans for a new way of working to give our valued sponsors the opportunity to become Corporate Members of ICHS. Corporate Members will have priority choice for such items at future ICHS symposia; in addition we plan to meet with our Corporate Members in advance of well attended conferences such as ICAAC and ECCMID to discuss our activities and future plans.

Corporate Members will join with the ICHS general membership to promote all aspects of our work with the immunocompromised host.  Corporate Members will have fees to pay, just like general members.  Corporate Members will not have voting rights and cannot hold office, but they will enjoy a range of benefits depending on their level of commitment.

ICHS proposes two levels of Corporate Membership, to be paid on the years between the biennial symposium, i.e. 2007, 2009, 2011 etc.:

Senior Corporate Member:            $50,000

• Priority right for exhibition space at biennial meetings
• Priority right for satellite sessions at biennial meetings
• ICHS will provide 6 free registrations to the ICHS biennial meeting
• Access to members-only areas of web site
• Access to the members mailing list
• Access to meeting participants mailing list
• Early information on ICHS symposia and other activities
• Formal access to council members by email (and phone)
• Access to ICHS expertise for development of educational programs (with or without CME)
• Formal right to submit proposal of any kind to the council or general assembly
• Access to ICHS expertise through Consultancy panels
• Input on potential faculty members to address hot topics
• Use of ICHS logo “ICHS Senior Corporate Member” on company materials related to the immunocompromised area
• Recognition on the ICHS website with hyperlink to company site
• Regular meetings with ICHS council members, at ICAAC and ECCMID (4 representatives)

Corporate Member:            $25,000

• Second choice for exhibition space at biennial meetings
• Second choice for satellite sessions at biennial meetings
• ICHS will provide 3 free registrations to the ICHS biennial meeting
• Access to the members mailing list
• Access to meeting participants mailing list
• Early information on all ICHS symposia and other activities
• Access to ICHS expertise through Consultancy panels
• Input on potential faculty members to address hot topics
• Access to member only area of web site
• Use of ICHS logo “ICHS Corporate Member” on company materials related to the immunocompromised area
• Recognition on the ICHS website with hyperlink to company site
• Regular meetings with ICHS council members, ICAAC, ECCMID (2 representatives)

With your support we can better serve our membership and friends who attend our meetings; we will be able to implement more ICHS Consultant Panels and learning initiatives in other areas (such as sepsis, HIV, the neonate, etc) and we will be able to attend to the membership responsibilities and keep the society moving forward for the good of our members and patients.

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