title: CCC Supporter
date: 2009-03-03 19:08:00 
updated: 2019-04-01 18:29:37 
author: erdgeist
tags: office, club, mitglied, mitgliedschaft, mitgliedsantrag, membership, application, bank account, blogger

### Becoming a Supporter

Every natural person can become a Supporter of the Chaos Computer Club.
In doing so you support our daily work, our hackerspaces, our projects
and infrastructure. You will also receive our erraitcally published
magazine [Die Datenschleuder](https://ds.ccc.de/), which informs about
our members' work in an entertaining way.

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### Non-material benefits

-   Support of our lobbying regarding
    -   Data Protection
    -   Privacy
    -   Governmental Trojan Horses (German: Staatstrojaner)
    -   Voting Computers
    -   "Hacker" Laws
    -   Electronic Passports/ID Cards
    -   Biometry
-   Support of infrastructure
    -   Web Server (this one you're looking at right now)
    -   [Jabber Server](https://web.jabber.ccc.de/) (public)
    -   TOR Exit Nodes (public)
-   Propaganda Materials
-   Support of the [BigBrotherAwards](https://www.bigbrotherawards.de/)
-   Support of [EDRi](http://edri.org/) (Lobbying for digital rights at
    the EU in Brussels)
-   Supporting local CCC chapters
-   Legal aid for members in the area of "Hacking"
-   Public Relations work concerning issues relevant to the CCC
-   local conferences and meetings

### How can I become a Supporter?

Fill out this [application
form](/system/uploads/270/original/Supporterform-en-v5.pdf) and send it
in via snail mail or preferably [e-mail](mailto:office@ccc.de). And
please don't forget to sign it! If we can decypher your e-mail address
we will send you a message with your personal membership number
(Chaos-Nr.). Your written confirmation will be the next issue of Die
Datenschleuder, our club magazine which will be sent out the traditional
way via snail mail.

### Fees

1.  The annual membership fee is 72 EUR.
2.  For students, pupils, unemployed, pensioners and disabled members
    with a suitable proof, the annual fee is 36 EUR.
3.  The membership year starts with the date of the member joining.
4.  The fee is due upfront for the whole membership year.
5.  The fee can be paid by one of the following methods:
    1.  bank transfer.
    2.  cash payment at events, if offered.
6.  By request, the executive board may make exceptions from these
    regulations for individual members in justified cases.

### Bank transfer

Please do not pay until you hear from us! Our office will send you a
confirmation email with payment details. Please allow a few weeks for
this, we are all volunteers. In the confirmation email you will find
your membership number (Chaos-Nr.), please quote this number in your
payment. Please remit your annual fee to our bank account only after you
received the confirmation email. Any further questions regarding your
membership can be answered by the [Office](/en/office).

**Bank account of the CCC e. V.:**

-   Chaos Computer Club e. V.
-   Konto-Nr. 599090201
-   BLZ 20010020
-   Postbank Hamburg
-   IBAN DE41 2001 0020 0599 0902 01
-   BIC PBNKDEFFXXX