Full Members
HOW TO APPLY FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP
Current deadlines
Next deadline for submitting an application: application intake 2012 closed. Next deadline for applications January - February 2013.
For applications 2012:
Next Executive Board meeting with membership matters: March 2012
Next New Members Fair: 24 May 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Next General Assembly: 26 May 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Which documents are needed?
- application: endorsement letter and on-line application form
- at least 2 recommendation letters written by current members (of which only one can represent applicant's country of origin)
How to proceed?
1. Application
Please fill in the internet-based APPLICATION FORM.
* To help you to prepare the answers to all questions you can use 
Application_draft_form.pdf Bytes before submitting the application online.
2. Endorsement letter
To make your application official, you also need to submit an endorsement letter, see templates (We accept both address versions - please notice that since January 2012 School of Art and Design is named School of Arts, Design and Architecture).
FM_Endorsement2012_edited2.pdf
Before printing it you can fill in the name of the applying institution, name of the person signing it as well as place and date.
3. Recommendation letters
Each applicant needs to obtain at least 2 recommendation letters from current Cumulus members in 2 different countries to support the application. The letters shall be written according to the following example, see templates (We accept both address versions - please notice that since January 2012 School of Art and Design is named School of Arts, Design and Architecture).
Recommendation_template_2012_edited.pdf
4. New Members' Fair
New Members' Fair is arranged during each conference hosting a General Assembly. It is obligatory for each applicant recommended by the board to participate in it by presenting the applicant institution for the representatives of the General Assembly and the current members with printed (posters, brochures, publications) and preferably also by electronic material (e.g. a pps running on a laptop). Should the applicant not be able to participate in the New Members' Fair the General Assembly will not vote on the membership but the application will be postponed by one year until the next General Assembly.
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How to submit documents?
- All documents should be submitted before the deadline of January 27, 2012.
- Application form is only accepted as submitted on-line.
- Endorsement letter should be signed and if possible, stamped. To be submitted as an original hard copy by post. Close to the deadline it is possible to send a fax or scan of the document and a hard copy afterwards.
- Recommendation letters should always be signed. Submission: hard copies by post, by fax or scans by e-mail.
- Please submit all documents to the Cumulus Secretariat -> contact person for questions Cumulus Coordinator Justyna Maciak This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Our postal address:
Cumulus Association
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
PO BOX 31000
00076 Aalto, FINLAND
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For courier services:
Cumulus Association
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Hämeentie 135 C
00550 Helsinki, Finland
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Fax number: +358 9 470 30595
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Costs
The application process is free of charge.
An invoice of the membership of the ongoing year (in full) will be sent to the new members after the General Assembly. The membership fee of 2012 is 1.200€ per institution. The General Assembly makes a decision of the amount of the fee yearly.