| dcb 
        has a permanent secretariat located in Beijing,P.R.China,and is represented 
        by an consultant committee,who are specialists in their fields. The committee 
        member is not remunerated for its dcb duties, however,membership fees 
        are sufficient to maintain an administrative structure,including communication 
        components such as the website, dcb newsletter and promotional material.Commercial Sponsorship
 With the aid of commercial sponsorship 
        the dcb will be able to add tremendous value to its services through the 
        following means:
 Develop Resource bases for the industry on a regional and international 
        basis.
 Develop printed and electronic publications as guidelines to developing 
        focus areas.
 Support the implementation of social responsibility strategies and projects.
 Contribute to the funding of professional theme workshop and forums.
 Fund individuals from developing Member Associations to attend workshop,etc.
 
 Three Types of Sponsors
 First Class Annual Sponsors
 Second Class Anual Sponsors
 Special sponsors
 
 The Criteria 
        dcb Sponsors
 dcb select a number of 
        international credible companies named the dcb supporters.
 dcb supporters maintain a close collegial friendship with the international 
        community of Interior Architects/Designers.
 The companies who will be selected by dcb must fulfil certain criteria:
 Being serious in their business and business philosophy.
 Be able to show they are working with products that are not harmful to 
        man or the environment during production, use, reuse or destruction.
 Working seriously to maintain good design standards for their products, 
        by using professional designers in their product development.
 What does the 
        sponsor get from this?1 Six times host oppotunities of dcb monthly forums (1st class sponsor 
        only, 2 times hos toppotunities of dcb monthly forums for Second class 
        annual sponsors);
 2. The opportunity to show samples of their products,to give 10 minutes 
        presentation during the forums & other dcb events.(1st class sponsor 
        only);
 3 3 free annual tickets for the forum(total price 365 US$) for the design 
        forum(1st class sponsor only);
 4 Access to our membership through monthly meetings,international forums 
        and workshops and study tour etc.;
 5 Regulated use of the dcb sponsor Logotype, on promotional and all of 
        dcb's published and electronic mediaand web site.
 6 12 times to be connected to the company website at the end of dcb newsletter,and 
        free distribution.
 7 An annual certificate of your affiliation with the dcb which can be 
        displayed in an appropriate place on your premises.
 What is the cost 
        for this Basic involvement?The amount is the same for all companies.
 Annually 4000 US$ for First Class Sponsor,and 1800 US$ for second Class 
        Sponsor.
 An invoice called marketing fee will be sent to you.
 The invoice will, after the first year, be sent annually in the beginning 
        of the year.
 If a company wants to reverse their marketing budget or of any other reason 
        wants to leave they could just mail us about this in December each year.
 
 How to apply?
 There are two ways
 1 The secretariat 
        survey on companies that we believe fulfil 
        dcb criteria. We contact them asking to send their annual report and/or 
        other information available about the company.The company also fills in 
        a pre printed application form. dcb will make its final decision and invite 
        new sponsoring member to share the benefits set out in the agreement.The 
        applicant pays the first annual fee and will be recorded as a dcb sponsor.
 2 Any company can, without having been pre-invited 
        contact the secretariat for an application form. When completed with all 
        information this form is sent to the secretary who takes the decision 
        of Inviting or Rejecting.
 
 Special Sponsors
 Sponsors for special projects or events will be customised for different 
        kind of events. Our friends of dcb will always firstly being asked when 
        there are special projects coming up like world congresses,special workshops,social 
        design project etc.The sponsorship fee will be negotiate according to 
        the detail arrangement.
 
 |