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Council of the German American Conference

Become a member

Members support the students who run the conference and take part in the Council’s events in Berlin and Washington.

How to join

  1. 1

    Fill in the form below

    Your details, your connection to Harvard or the conference and how you will pay the fee.

  2. 2

    The board confirms your membership

    It reviews each application and replies by email.

  3. 3

    €25 a year

    Set by the general assembly. Pay by bank transfer, or let the Council collect it by SEPA direct debit.

Apply now

Questions first? Write to info@gac-council.org

What members get

A vote on how the Council is run

The Council is a registered association governed by its members. They elect the board and vote at the annual general assembly.

Invitations to Council events

The Council Forum, the New Year’s Reception and other events in Berlin and Washington.

The conference’s network

Alumni, speakers and organisers from seventeen editions of the conference, in Germany and in the United States.

Apply

Membership costs €25 a year, the same for everyone. Fields are required unless marked optional.

Applying for an organisation? Write to info@gac-council.org

About you

We send you the invitation to the members’ WhatsApp community.

So the board and other members can connect with you.

Your connection

Membership is open to anyone with a connection to Harvard University or to the German American Conference at Harvard.

What connects you?

When were you at the conference?

As what?

Helping the Council

Optional. The board may contact you about it.

I’d like to help with

Paying the €25 fee

The yearly fee is set by the general assembly and is currently €25.

Transfer €25 to

Recipient
Council of the German American Conference at Harvard e.V.
IBAN
DE84 1007 0124 0200 4448 00
BIC
DEUTDEDB101
Reference
Fee, followed by your name

Please wait until the board has confirmed your membership.

SEPA direct debit mandate

Creditor: Council of the German American Conference at Harvard e.V., Friedrichstr. 155, 10117 Berlin. Creditor identifier: DE46ZZZ00001965816. Your mandate reference is sent with the confirmation of your membership.

I authorise the Council of the German American Conference at Harvard e.V. to collect payments from my account by direct debit. At the same time, I instruct my bank to pay the direct debits drawn on my account by the Council. I can demand a refund of the amount debited within eight weeks, starting from the date on which my account was debited. The terms agreed with my bank apply.

Ich ermächtige den Council of the German American Conference at Harvard e.V., Zahlungen von meinem Konto mittels Lastschrift einzuziehen. Zugleich weise ich mein Kreditinstitut an, die vom Council auf mein Konto gezogenen Lastschriften einzulösen. Ich kann innerhalb von acht Wochen, beginnend mit dem Belastungsdatum, die Erstattung des belasteten Betrages verlangen. Es gelten dabei die mit meinem Kreditinstitut vereinbarten Bedingungen.

A donation

Optional, on top of the fee. You will receive a donation receipt.

Anything else

Your typed name signs this application and, if you chose it, the direct debit mandate. We email you a copy as a PDF and ask you to confirm it. How we handle your details is set out in the data protection notice.

For institutions

Foundations, companies and public bodies have supported the Council’s work alongside its members, among them the Auswärtiges Amt, the Haniel Stiftung and Hoesch & Partner. If your organisation would like to support a Council event or make a donation, write to the board.

Write to the board