1. Best Practices for ICT Associations Workshop

2. Objectives
Sharing among ASOCIO members on practices in their associations
Identify areas of possible collaboration

3. Questions to Ponder What are your membership fee structure?
What are the main sources of income for ASOCIO member associations other than annual membership fee?
How to avoid competing with members when associations purse their businesses and income?
How to form partners with members and non-members when associations running their sustainable businesses?

4. Quick Survey of ASOCIO members
MCF Myanmar
Exhibition: 25%
Govt projects: 0%
Rental and Bank Interest: 60%
Event Management, Research: 10%
Miscellaneous: 5%
CISA Taiwan
Membership Fee 5% Revenue from govt projects 90% Autonomous Projects 5%
BCS Bangladesh
Membership Fees: 15% Exhibition: 30% Govt projects, grant: 35% Bank Interest: 10% Conferences: 5% Miscellaneous:5%
SITF S’pore
Membership 35%
Events (depends on govt support of the direct expenses) 25-35%
Govt projects %
FKII Korea
Membership Fees 8%
Govt projects 70%
Trade Mission, Seminars, Conferences 20%
Other 2%
JISA Japan
-Membership fees: 59% -Seminars, meetings: 13% -P-mark project (project of privacy protection seal system): 23% -Other projects, publications etc: 5%

5. Quick Survey of ASOCIO Members
PIKOM Malaysia
Membership Fees: 15%
Govt projects/sponsorship: 35%
Rental and Bank Interest: 5%
Conferences/Event : 35%
Miscellaneous: 10%
Nasscom India
Membership Fees: 50%
Conferences: 40%
Miscellaneous – including bank interest, govt. grant, research reports etc : 10 %
AIIA Australia
Membership - 60%
Programs  (the sum of Exhibition, Govt projects and Event Management) - 36% Rental and Bank Interest - 2%
Products - 2%

6. Summary of Survey Membership 20% to 50%
(Low among emerging countries and high among developed countries)
Conference/Exhibitions %
Government Projects %
Others %

7. Revenue Stream 1. Membership 2. Government Projects
Review fees, enlarge categories, tiered members
2. Government Projects
Grants , Special Events , Awards , Research , Conferences ,Training
3. Conferences and Exhibitions
sponsorship, collaboration with regional events , outsource
4. Chapters
self sustain , special focus