American Physical Society December 31, 2002

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American Physical SocietyDecember 31, 2002

• Total Assets 77,529,000
• Net Assets 51,972,000
• Operating Revenue 37,928,000
• Operating Expense 39,695,000
• Members 42,830
• Regular Annual Dues 102

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American Physical Society

• 21.6 of 42,830 members are international

• 145 Belgium
• 118 India
• 94 Russia
• 91 Argentina
• 87 PR China
• 81 Denmark
• 77 Austria
• 74 Greece
• 73 Hong Kong
• 66 Poland
• 60 Norway
• 59 Turkey
• 57 Finland
• 56 Korea
• 698 Other
• 9,259

• 1,831 Japan
• 970 Canada
• 951 Germany
• 535 United Kingdom
• 479 France
• 400 Switzerland
• 325 South Korea
• 281 Italy
• 256 Israel
• 251 Netherlands
• 250 Spain
• 191 Taiwan
• 189 Mexico
• 188 Sweden
• 174 Australia
• 152 Brazil

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International Members

• Pay the same membership rates
• Payment expected in U.S. dollars
• Members get the same benefits whether in U.S. or
  abroad

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Types of Payment Accepted

• Checks written in U.S. dollars
• Credit cards
• AMEX
• VISA/MC
• Discover
• Diners Club
• JBC
• Wire transfers

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Why International Members Join

• Monthly magazine
• Discounted rates on research publications
• Discounted rates on meetings
• Prestige

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership
Program

• Established in 1983
• Makes APS membership available to physicists
  living in developing and hard-currency-poor
  countries
• Reduced-cost membership
• Maximum of 6 years participation
• Must be renewed annually

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership
Program

• Two categories of matching membership
• Sponsored matching membership
• Matching membership fund

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American Physical SocietySponsored Matching
Membership

• A half price membership is available for those
  who have an individual or institution who will
  sponsor them and provide payment
• Can only subscribe to one journal at member rates
• Includes newsletter and magazine
• Can register for meetings at member rates

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership Fund

• A graduated, reduced-cost membership beginning at
  20 of the full membership is available to
  individuals on a limited basis

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership Fund

• First year of membership
• 20 of full membership rate
• No journal privileges
• Includes newsletter and magazine
• Can register for meetings at member rates

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership Fund

• Second year of membership
• 30 of full membership rate
• No journal privileges
• Includes newsletter and magazine
• Can register for meetings at member rates

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership Fund

• Third year of membership
• 40 of full membership rate
• No journal privileges
• Includes newsletter and magazine
• Can register for meetings at member rates

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership Fund

• Fourth through sixth years of membership
• 50 of full membership rate
• One journal is available at member rates
• Includes newsletter and magazine
• Can register for meetings at member rates

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership
Program

• At the end of six years, the member is billed at
  the full member rate
• Enrollment is limited to 1.5 of current
  membership level
• Program can accommodate 624 participants in 2003

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American Physical SocietyMatching Membership
Program

• Currently, APS has only 65 members in the program
• Over 100 of program participants were billed up
  last year to regular membership
• Only a handful of those billed up renewed at
  the full rate

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Reciprocal societies are national physical
  societies which have signed an agreement with APS
  which exchanges certain membership privileges
• Currently APS has 38 reciprocity agreements

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Members of the reciprocal society may
• Submit papers to APS meetings with same
  privileges as APS members
• May register at APS meetings at member rates
• May subscribe to APS journals at the same rates
  as members of other member societies of the
  American Institute of Physics (AIP)

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Members of APS may
• Submit papers to reciprocal society meetings with
  same privileges as that societys members
• May register at reciprocal society meetings at
  that societys member rates
• May subscribe to reciprocal society journals at
  the same rates as reciprocal society members

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Asociacion Física Argentina
• Australian Institute of Physics
• Belgian Physical Society
• Chinese Physical Society
• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
• European Physical Society
• Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de
  Física (FeLaSoFi)
• Icelandic Physical Society
• Indian Physics Association (IPA)
• Israel Physical Society

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Lithuanian Physical Society
• Nepal Physical Society
• New Zealand Institute of Physics
• Pakistan Physical Society
• Physical Society of Hong Kong
• Real Sociedad Espanola de Física (Royal Spanish
  Society of Physics)
• Roland Eotvos Physical Society
• Slovak Physical Society

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• Sociedad Colombiana de Física
• Sociedad Cubana de Física
• Sociedad Mexicana de Física, A.C.
• Sociedad Uruguaya de Física
• Sociedad Venezolana de Física
• Sociedade Brasileira de Física
• South African Institute of Physics
• Swiss Physical Society
• The Belarusian Physical Society
• The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)

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American Physical SocietyReciprocal Member
Societies

• The Estonian Physical Society
• The Institute of Physics (UK)
• The Japan Society of Applied Physics
• The Korean Physical Society
• The Physical Society of Japan
• The Physical Society of the Republic of China
• The Polish Physical Society
• The Society of African Physicists and
  Mathematicians
• Ukrainian Physical Society
• Vietnamese Physical Society

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Questions?

• Mike Stephens
• Director of Finance and Controller
• American Physical Society
• One Physics Ellipse
• College Park, MD 20740-3844