Entomological Collections Network

Below are listed the registration fees for the 2010 meeting.  Please refer to the Registration Information page for instructions on how to (1) register and (2) make your payment. - thank you.

EARLY FEES EXTENDED to NOVEMBER 25TH

EARLY REGISTRATION (registration and payment received BEFORE NOVEMBER 25th, 2010)

regular member  ...................................$50.00
student member ....................................$30.00
Additional Banquet ticket.........................$30.00  (for spouses, partners and friends)

if you are paying online with paypal (or using a credit card through paypal) - an additional paypal fee is added ($5/$3 for regular and students respectively) to cover banking fees*

ONSITE REGISTRATION (after NOVEMBER 25th - you must register on site)

regular member ...................................$75.00
student member ...................................$50.00
Additional Banquet ticket........................$40.00

NOTE:  You are welcome to make an additional gift to ECN which is 100% tax deductible.  If you pay using the online website - there is an option to include a gift.  If you pay by check, simply include a separate note or write on your check's memo field that a gift is included.  Please let us know if you wish to  (a) be acknowledged in the program, (b) make your gift in someone else's name OR (c) prefer to be listed as 'anonymous'.

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*Can I pay with credit card? Yes, but the only way ECN can accept credit cards/debit cards is through paypal.  You do NOT need to have a paypal account to use this service...but if you opt to pay with credit card...simply select 'paypal', when you check out.  You will be re-directed to the paypal site, where you can pay using a credit card simply entering your credit card information.  Paypal transfers the funds to our account.

 Why is there a fee for online payment?

Paypal charges a fee to ECN for ALL transactions that come into our account...which is why we added at fee to online payments.  This was a decision made by a number of organizers three years ago when we began offering online payments.  Three alternatives were considered: (1) do nothing; essentially receiving less money from individuals paying online, (2) raising the rates a few dollars for everyone, and (3) increase the rate for paper check payments since these are a hassle to process since they must be recieved, registered, endorsed and deposited manually).  We opted to leave the membership fee the same and have the folks who use paypal/credit cards - cover the increased transaction cost [most folks paying online consider this a convenience worth adding a few bucks to the cost...especially our international members].  Why is it $5/$3??? Paypal simply takes a % of whatever amount you pay (which differs depending on whether you're paying from international site or national site, etc).... variable fees were too hard for us to implement into the website registration pages....it was easier to establish simple estimates ($5/$3) of the paypal fee for everyone - which are about the average fee that our transactions cost.... hope that helps explain things.