Four ways into the same body of work.
The first 300 seats.
For members who commit to the Association's existence at its earliest moment.
- Lifetime member access, in perpetuity
- Name in acknowledgments on every Association paper in year one
- Personal 30-minute call with founding contributors in year one
- First access to all new research before all other tiers
- Charter Class Vote: Charter holders collectively vote on the Association's commissioned research priorities
- Founding Charter badge in the member directory
- Lifetime grandfathering. No future price increases ever apply
For members who commit to the Association's first year and provide foundational support during the establishment phase.
- All Standard Member access from the day the portal opens
- Founding rate locked through year five
- Name in acknowledgments on the first Association paper
- Early access to all new research before standard members
- Founding Member badge in the member directory
Founding membership begins before the platform opens.
A founding seat is a commitment made at the Association's earliest moment. The schedule of deliverables is therefore stated explicitly, in full, before checkout.
Founding standing, immediately
- Your Founding Charter or Founding Member seat, locked at founding terms forever
- Founding-tier private Signal channel with the founders and researchers
- Bi-weekly founder notes: what is being built, researched, and published, as it happens
- Your name enters the acknowledgment roster for the Association's first publications
The research starts arriving
- Research Letter No. 1 from the founding contributors, delivered to founding members first
- The CRA Methodology Standards: the analytic doctrine every Association publication will follow, published in first edition
- Early drafts and work-in-progress shared to the founding channel
The full Association opens
- The member portal: research archive, methodology notes, datasets, and simulation outputs
- The live instrument dashboard
- Member discussion, office hours, and the public research library
- Founding members enter the portal ahead of the public
Standard & Organization
Full access to the Association's research, methodology, data, and member community. Monthly or annual.
- Full access to all gated research and the Association archive
- Monthly research letter from the founding contributors
- Methodology notes, raw datasets, and simulation outputs
- The live instrument dashboard
- Member discussion, the member channel, and office hours
- Annual prepay saves $60 vs monthly
For organizations, family offices, and research groups that need the Association's work across a team.
- Up to 10 named seats per license
- Sponsored research priority
- Quarterly briefing call for decision-makers
- All Standard-tier access for every seat
Access is held to a published standard and priced for direct participation.
Membership provides access to original quantitative research, simulation outputs, methodology notes, and direct engagement with the researchers producing the work, within the community advancing catastrophism as a scientific framework.
Comparable research access, whether through academic journal subscriptions, trade research services, or boutique research providers, typically costs $500 to $5,000 per year. Standard membership is priced at $25 per month, or $240 per year, so that researchers, professionals, and serious readers can participate directly in sustaining the work.
Membership revenue funds the Association's core functions: research grants for independent researchers, the convening program, and the continued production of this research free of external interference.
The Association publishes research intended to be examined, questioned, and extended under public methodological standards. Membership is structured for that engagement.
Membership is a service exchange. Those who wish to fund the work itself (the grants, the convenings, the institutional infrastructure) can support the Association directly.
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