How to Join BASDA
BASDA offers 2 different types of membership:
Full Membership
For business software developers or allied organisations in a special interest group.
A Full Member is:
- A developer of a recognised business application software product operating as a discrete business entity where the sales of software and services account for more than 30% of total revenues.
- Any organisation allied to the business application software industry or part of a Special Interest Group who's membership, in the view of the General Council would further the aims of BASDA in line with its constitution.
A Full BASDA Member can:
- Vote at meetings of BASDA, where attendees will have one vote for the organisation.
- Appoint a representative to be its main contact for all administrative purposes of BASDA.
- Put forward a delegate to stand for election to the BASDA General Council.
- Enter their own company, news and product details on the BASDA website.
- Access the Members’ Area of the BASDA website.
- Access the members’ Knowledgebase of information
- Receive certain BASDA publications free of charge (such as the Newsletter) and other publications (such as Whitepapers) at a concessionary rate.
- Call upon BASDA to act as arbitrator in the case of disputes.
- Advertise their membership of BASDA and use the BASDA logo.
- If able to meet the set criteria, sign up to the BASDA Code of Practice and advertise that.
Associate Membership
BASDA Associate Membership is for organisations who follow the business software industry but whose primary interest may not be in application development. The organisations in this group may have a special interest in business application software for the purposes of industry specific schemes, monitoring BASDA initiatives affecting the private and public sector, or may wish to follow the industry for journalistic or public relations purposes. Examples of organisations who would be considered for membership of BASDA in this category might include media groups, local councils, universities, accountants and payroll bureaux.
An Associate member can:
- Attend meetings of BASDA but is not entitled to a vote at such meetings.
- Appoint a representative to be the main contact for administrative purposes of BASDA.
- Access the Members area of the BASDA website.
- Receive certain BASDA publications free of charge (such as the Newsletter) and other publications (such as Whitepapers) at a concessionary rate.
- Advertise their membership of BASDA and use the BASDA logo.
- Where required contribute to a dedicated area of the BASDA website to support the BASDA activities.