INRC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PLAN
Membership to INRC is FREE!
INRC VOTING MEMBER
Neighborhood and Homeowner Associations: voluntary organizations of residents who work together to improve and maintain the quality of life in their neighborhood.
INRC ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Other Groups: Faith-based organizations, community development corporations, multi-service centers, businesses/business associations, and public and quasi-public agencies (including city and county agencies and utility companies).
* Please note: Associate members are not eligible to vote.
Membership includes:
Training
- Access to INRC training and educational opportunities, including Neighborhood Empowerment Workshops, Community Leadership Certificate at Ivy Tech Community College and the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute.
- Direct technical assistance offered to member organization free of charge.
- Use of INRC’s Resource Library, containing a variety of information on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), Study Circles, best practices and more.
Networking
- Use of INRC’s multi-functional facilities for meetings and events.
- Listing of member organizations in the INRC Annual Report.
- Promotional support; including listings on INRC’s website, a link to your web page on the website, and at member events.
- Publicity provided for members’ community events via the current news and events section of INRC’s website.
- Invitations to INRC-sponsored events.
Voting
- Eligibility to recommend nominees and vote for INRC Board of Directors (must be member by May 1, 2012).
- The ability to count your organization among the membership of Indianapolis’ premier resource center dedicated to the practice of Asset-Based Community Development and resident empowerment.
According to the INRC bylaws, to qualify as a voting member of INRC, an organization must:
- Subscribe to the purposes of the INRC, which include but are not limited to facilitating the delivery of information, technical assistance, and other resources to Marion County Neighborhood Based Organizations.
- Have adopted written bylaws.
- Have its principal place of business in Marion County.
- Be neither controlled by or under the direction of individuals or entities seeking to derive profit or other financial gain from the organization.
- Have as one of its primary purposes service to residents within one or more Marion County neighborhoods.
- Maintain accountability to residents within the neighborhood(s) it serves by maintaining at least 51 percent of its governing body’s membership for residents of such neighborhood(s).
