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Becoming a member of NASA

NASA is a membership organisation open to individuals who work professionally as street artists and to companies creating work for the street and other outdoor contexts. NASA is constituted as an unincorporated not-for-profit organisation with an elected management committee (steering group).

Membership provides:

• Access to the e-group / online discussion forum
• Access to the members' area of the website (password protected)
• Listing on the NASA website with a link through to your own website
• Voting rights
• Invitations to participate in all NASA events - most events are free to members
• Information sharing
• A strategic voice which benefits all of us
• The services of the steering group which includes:
  • advocacy and representation
  • engagement in strategy and policy discussions affecting street arts
  • undertaking projects on behalf of NASA members
  • acting as support for companies when there are problems with specific festivals
  • information dissemination
  • responding to requests by members for specific action
  • e-group, website and membership managment

Membership is free in the first year to enable new members to give them time to see how it works, and if it is of value to them. Joining is easy to do - see below.

Joining NASA

• An invitation (with instructions) to join our e-group / discussion forum which is hosted by Yahoo!
• An email containing the access code to the members area of the website.
• A census form - this collects information about our members which we can use when advocating for the development of street arts (only collated information is used). We do not pass on individual comments or information. NASA is registered under the Data Protection Act. At present, there is very little information held anywhere about street arts companies.

NASA Members

You can see details of most of our members here on the website, although not everyone provides us with photos and links. NASA now has well over 100 members. These range from young to experienced companies, from regularly Arts Council funded companies to those who have never received any public funding, from small one-hander companies to large companies with a full time administration, from companies where the artists also run (or have to run) the administration to those with an administration team that support artists. There are also individual members who do work for a number of companies. Thus there is a range of experiences among our members. Wherever you sit in these descriptions, you will not be alone! The network is supportive and people do offer help to support the development of companies.

About the NASA e-group / on-line discussion forum

The e-group is lively and sustains itself with relevant and appropriate debate. It is fully inclusive and membership is growing steadily. Sometimes the e-group can seem that it is dominated by a few, though really these are just the vocal ones! It does shift as we are all naturally more vocal about some issues than others. Often someone who has been silent for months will pop up with comments or questions. It is entirely appropriate to ask questions such as 'where can I park my lorry in Warwick?' or 'can anyone help me with risk assessments?' etc as well as launching in with a discussion on the nature of our art and the relationship with audiences, for example!

NASA Steering Group

The management and development of NASA is undertaken by its elected steering group. There are five members who meet 4-5 times a year:

• Adam Gent (Hoodwink Theatre)
  Brian Popay (Fine Artistes)
  Chloë Dear (Iron-Oxide and freelance creative producer)
  
• JoJo Pickering (Bash Street Theatre)
• Richard Sobey (IOU and freelance creative consultant)

Membership Fees

The membership fee is payable in October, at the end of the touring season, when most people have a little more money. Shortly before the fee is due, the NASA Steering Group will send out a reminder email to everyone with an invoice.
Annual fees are as follows:

• individual membership is £30 and gives 1 person voting rights
• company membership is £50 and gives 2 person voting rights
• funded company membership is £75 and gives 2 person voting rights
• new members - free for first year
• anyone in financial difficulties, please contact the Steering Group to discuss as we don't want to lose members members@nasauk.org
  

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