Member benefits
Take full advantage of your membership
| Company Member | Individual Member | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Installation Member | Associate Member | ||
| Company member whose primary business is not to sell IT hardware, software or consulting services | Company member whose primary business is to sell IT hardware, software or consulting services | Individuals, including students, who have a reputation of professional competence | |
| # of company employees per membership | unlimited | unlimited | check if your university membership can be used |
| Event Attendance | |||
| GTC Guide Technology Council, twice a year (replacing ISC and MAC) | free of charge – by invitation only | free of charge – by invitation only | free of charge – by invitation only |
| European and Major Regional Events | Special Member-Price | Special Member-Price | Special Member-Price |
| Networking and Information Exchange | |||
| Working Groups | open access | open access | open access |
| Training and Education | |||
| IBM Learning Subscriptions | 30% discount | 30% discount | 30% discount |
| SHARE Conferences in the USA (external link) | SHARE Member-Price | SHARE Member-Price | SHARE Member-Price |
| All courses offered by the European Mainframe Academy (EMA) | 10% discount | 10% discount | 10% discount |
| Online information | |||
| Access to Knowledge Centre and online content (Videos and PDF’s) | yes | yes | yes |
| News and updates | yes | yes | yes |
| Portability of GSE membership between roles | no | no | yes |
| Various region-specific benefits | yes | yes | yes |
