openDemocracy is launching an exciting new initiative in December 2011, the last month of our tenth anniversary year. Help support oD and its great writing by joining as a Member or Friend today.
You can have a different relationship to openDemocracy depending on whether you are a User [4], Member [5]or Friend [6]. Here are the different benefits:
| User | Member | Friend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How much? | Free | By donation |
£200 / $300 / €220 (per year) |
| Newsletters + email alerts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Premium 'week in 400 words' email | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quarterly web calls with editors | ✘ | By prizedraw | ✔ |
| Events with editors and authors | ✘ | By prizedraw | ✔ |
| Name and link on site | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Nominate a young person to be a Friend | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Commission a piece as part of the editorial network | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |





