SUBSCRIBING MEMBERSHIP

A Unique Opportunity EERI Subscribing Membership is a unique opportunity for companies to publicly demonstrate their support of engineering and their commitment to EERI’s mission.

As the principal national society in the United States for professionals actively engaged in earthquake hazard mitigation, EERI attracts national and international leaders in the multidisciplinary field of earthquake risk reduction— and the students and young professionals who are the leaders of the future. EERI’s mission is to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering; by improving understanding of the impact of on the physical, social, economic, political, and cultural environ- ment; and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the BENEFITS OF SUBSCRIBING MEMBERSHIP harmful effects of earthquakes. Subscribing Membership provides opportunities for recognition, networking, and access to the earthquake engineering community through the most influential earthquake engineering organization in the United States.

EERI Subscribing Members are among the most elite, highly valued, and well-respected firms and organizations in the field of earthquake risk reduction. VISIBILITY ■ EERI highlights the names of Subscribing Members in each issue of the prestigious quarterly technical journal, Earthquake Spectra, and lists Subscribing Members in the Membership Roster, a virtual “Who’s Who” of earthquake engineering. ACCESS ■ EERI provides an exclusive opportunity for this ■ Subscribing Members have the opportunity to select group to exhibit at the Annual Meeting run, free-of-charge, short announcements of free of charge and to receive exhibit space at all job openings in the monthly EERI Newsletter, EERI specialty and national conferences at and to receive early notification of student discounted fees. resumes posted on EERI’s website for potential ■ A member profile page for each Subscribing employment. Member appears on EERI’s web site ■ The highest levels of Subscribing Members (www.eeri.org) with an active link to the firm’s receive complimentary registrations to EERI web site. Upon joining, new Subscribing technical seminars. Bronze level members Members are featured in the EERI Newsletter, receive two free registrations; Silver level, sent to more than 2,000 members. three; and Gold level, five. ■ Each new Subscribing Member is presented ■ Subscribing Members are entitled to receive with an engraved perpetual plaque at the EERI up to three copies of the monthly EERI Annual Meeting, during a special reception held Newsletter, the quarterly journal Earthquake in recognition of Subscribing Members. Spectra, the annual Membership Roster, and all other publications sent to members. IMPACT ■ To further enhance Subscribing Member See insert card for a list of current Subscribing visibility and maximize participation in Members, current dues rates for all classes of Subscribing Membership, and a Subscribing programs of particular interest to them, EERI Membership application form. has developed three categories of Subscribing Membership: GoldGold, Silverer, and Bronze (see insert card for dues rates). Members at these levels have the option of directing their additional support (over and above the basic Subscribing Member dues) to Institute programs of their choice, including political advocacy. ■ EERI’s mailing list is now available to its Subscribing Members for a nominal fee. This mailing list can be used by Subscribing Members to announce products and services to the entire membership or a portion thereof, once each year.

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IMAGES CONTRIBUTED BY EERI SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS FRONT COVER, clockwise from top: Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge, Cooper River, South Carolina; designer: Parsons Brinkerhoff, (headquarters) Walt Disney Concert Hall, exterior and interior, ; engineer: John A. Martin & Associates, Inc., Los Angeles DeYoung Museum and its cantilever, San Francisco; engineer: Rutherford & Chekene, San Francisco INSIDE LEFT, left to right: Salt Lake City city hall, exterior and isolator; seismic rehabilitation engineer: Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc., San Francisco Stanford Museum lobby and exterior; seismic rehabilitation engineer: Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco INSIDE RIGHT, clockwise from top: Alcatraz Prison cellhouse building (used by tourists only), San Francisco Bay; seismic retrofit engineer: Wiss, Janney, Elstner, Inc., Emeryville, Torre Mayor and its damper installation, ; inset: damper installation; dampers by Taylor Devices, North Tonawanda, New York First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena, California; seismic retrofit engineer: Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York City (headquarters) BACK COVER: Park Fifth multi-use residential project, Los Angeles; seismic engineer: NabihYoussef & Associates, Los Angeles BACKGROUND PHOTO CREDITS Cover: 1991 Costa Rica earthquake damage; Sam Swan, EQE International Inside left: 1995 Kobe earthquake damage; EERI reconnaissance team Inside right: 1988 Armenia earthquake damage; Frederick Krimgold, Virginia Tech Back cover: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damage; John Egan, Geomatrix Consultants

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