GSI provides for its members the privileges that are listed below:

1. Voting in all GSI matters
2. Eligibility for board of directors
3. Annual traveling in-house seminar
4. Training at GSI laboratories
5. Input as to research project selection
6. Guidance and critique of research projects
7. Proprietary reports on the results of research projects
8. Survey results on specific topics involving geosynthetics
9. Access to "Members Only" portion of the Home Page on the world wide web
10. Keyword search of the geosynthetic literature (ca. 25,000 citations) on the Website
11. Member information posted on the Website
12. Direct linkage, i.e. "hot wiring" to individual member organizations Home Pages
13. Peer review of manuals, brochures, reports, concepts, and related technical information
14. Direct contact and relations on litigious and insurance matters
15. Annual & midyear meeting attendance
16. Focus group participation
17. Focus group decision making on standards
18. Briefings and tutorials at GSI
19. Discounts at conferences and seminars
20. Data from all affiliated institutes
21. Development of GRI standard test methods/guides/ specifications
22. Quarterly Newsletter/ Reports
23. Discounts on publications
24. Presentations at GRI conferences
25. Document/brochure/project guidance and advice on an as-required basis
26. Direct and immediate consultation with GSI officers and staff at any time

Membership Fees

Time	Full Member
First Year Subsequent years	$10,000 $10,000

Contact Dr. Robert M. Koerner to become a member.

The Geosynthetic Institue
475 Kedron Avenue
Folsom, PA 19033-1208 USA
Phone: 610-522-8440
Fax: 610-522-8441
robert.koerner@coe.drexel.edu