How to Join
Whether you’re a one-person publishing operation, leader of a team, or an individual contributor from the freelance community, AMPA membership has something to offer.
The membership committee reviews all applications. Once an application is approved, applicants will be awarded either Voting Member or Affiliate status. If an application is denied, the reasons for the decision will be outlined in a letter to the applicant.
“AMPA provides a range of PD opportunities that are exceptionally high in quality and extremely cost effective. We receive high value from AMPA membership, directly though supports like the paid internship program, and indirectly from the organization’s fostering of a stronger industry in Alberta.”
– Kӓthe Lemon, president, co-owner, RedPoint Media
There are three levels of magazine membership: Voting, Affiliate and Probationary.
A Voting Member shall be any individual, firm, partnership, proprietorship or institution that applies for Voting membership in respect of a Canadian magazine, journal or other periodical of a cultural, social, economic, political or artistic nature. Any publication deemed by the Association to be a house organ publication circulated exclusively to a club membership, will receive Affiliate Member status. Advertising catalogues, promotion publications, or daily or weekly newspapers are ineligible for magazine membership.
Voting members have use of all AMPA programs and services, are eligible to stand for office, to vote at association meetings and to participate in association referenda.
Affiliate membership is open to:
- Businesses that publish magazines that meet all the criteria for Voting Membership but produce a publication with its membership as the intended audience, rather than the general public (i.e. alumni publications, house organs and member-driven periodicals).
- Magazines that distribute a periodical in the province that is intended for Albertans but do not maintain a chief office of business for the magazine in Alberta
- Magazines that do not maintain a chief office of business for the magazine in Alberta and do not have magazine association representation in their home province
Affiliate members have use of select AMPA programs and services, are entitled to receive notice of and attend the Annual Meeting of the Society, but are not entitled a vote. Affiliate members are required to meet the advertising-editorial guidelines.
Probationary membership is open to publishers, at the discretion of the membership committee, who do not meet the criteria for Voting or Affiliate membership as outlined. Probationary members shall not be eligible to use the AMPA logo, stand for office, or vote at AMPA meetings. Full membership will be granted after a successful one-year review.
Associate Members
Members of the freelance community are encouraged to join the Association as an individual member to receive preferred member rates for professional development, invitations to networking events and access to the Resource Library.
Industry partners are encouraged to join the Association as corporate members to receive preferred member rates for professional development, invitations to networking events and access to the Resource Library and a listing on the Association website.