Membership conditions

Membership of the PERIIA Network is on an individual personal basis. A person is eligible for membership if he/she is a nationally appointed (in a country being a member of the council of Europe) Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO) or Purchasing Advisor (PA) to any of the European Big Science Organisations, such as ESO, ESS, ESA, F4E/ITER, CERN, ESRF, XFEL, EMBL, and ILL. An ILO/PA is external to the Big Science organisation and therefore not to be confused with for example a purchasing advisor within the procurement department of such an organisation. There is no membership fee; however, all costs incurred by the membership (e.g. travels to meetings) have to be covered by the member. Members can revoke their memberships at any time by sending an e-mail to this effect to the representative for membership matters. Members could automatically be revoked if they stop their function as ILO/PA. If they wish to remain active, they can become Associate Members of the PERIIA Network under the same terms of engagement except that Associate Members will not be allowed to become board members or elect board members.