Membership Details
The IRF is comprised of National Governing Bodies working collectively to advance the sport and put it on track for Olympic inclusion. There are two levels of membership - Full Member or Provisional Member.
Full Member
A Full Member is a roundnet association that is the governing body for roundnet within a country. There can only be one Full Member per country.
To become a Full Member and/or remain in good standing, a roundnet association must meet all of the criteria and be approved by IRF’s Board of Directors. If an incumbent Full Member fails to continue to meet the membership criteria, their membership may be revoked by the IRF’s Board of Directors.
To become a Full Member, associations need to fulfill these criteria:
Be a non-profit organization with bylaws acceptable to IRF and at least two years of existence (in cases where pre-existing organizations’ leadership merge, collaborate, or restructure to meet IRF guidelines, previous organizational experience and activity will be taken into account);
Operate under the rules, policies and programs which are in compliance with all agreements to which IRF is a party;
Be open to participation without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, politics, sex, or sexual orientation;
Represent a minimum of 100 individual roundnet players who are active in its organization (active players = annual paid individuals at sanctioned events + annual paid members);
Hold an annual meeting and/or have another representative mechanism for its Constituents to elect a board of directors;
Fairly represent the interests of Constituents for roundnet within the country;
To make every effort to participate in World Championships organized by the IRF;
Maintain active participation and collaboration within the IRF;
Maintain a website and owned domain for organization;
To pay annual membership fee (as approved by the General Assembly and waived through 2021).
As a Full Member, associations have the ability to:
Participate and present at IRF global forums on sport development, as well as all member meetings;
Lead advisory boards, commissions, and task forces aimed at addressing the goals of the IRF and member NGBs;
Nominate candidates to committees with corporate authority, including event scheduling, rules, and format committees;
Host major IRF events, including World Championships;
Have select hosted events count toward international ranking system;
Have eligible events included on IRF’s global event calendar
Participate in International Championships and select National team representatives;
Receive full member discounts negotiated through the IRF;
Be given preference for grants and sponsorships for initiatives that support IRF objectives;
Use IRF member badge on website and marketing materials.
Provisional Member
A Provisional Member is a roundnet association that is the governing body for roundnet within a country that have not met all of the criteria of a Full Member. To become a Provisional Member and/or remain in good standing, a roundnet association must meet all of the criteria and be approved by IRF’s Board of Directors. If an incumbent National Member fails to continue to meet the membership criteria, their membership may be revoked by the IRF’s Board of Directors.
To become a Provisional Member, associations need to fulfill these criteria:
Be pursuing non-profit status with bylaws acceptable to IRF and at least one year of existence (in cases where pre-existing organizations’ leadership merge, collaborate, or restructure to meet IRF guidelines, previous organizational experience and activity will be taken into account);
Be open to participation without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, politics, sex or sexual orientation;
Represent a minimum of 50 individual roundnet players who are active in its organization (active players = annual paid individuals at sanctioned events + annual paid members);
Operate under the rules, policies and programs, which are in compliance with all agreements to which IRF is a party;
Fairly represent the interests of Constituents for roundnet within the country;
To make every effort to participate in World championships organized by the IRF;
Maintain active participation and collaboration within the IRF;
Maintain a website and owned domain for organization;
To pay annual membership fee (as approved by the General Assembly and waived through 2021).
As a Provisional Members, associations have the ability to:
Participate in IRF global forums on sport development, as well as some member meetings;
Participate on advisory boards, commissions, and task forces aimed at addressing the goals of the IRF and member NGBs;
Host sanctioned IRF events;
Have select hosted events count toward international ranking system;
Have eligible events included on IRF’s global event calendar
Participate in World Championships and select National team representatives;
Receive provisional member discounts negotiated through the IRF;
Be eligible for grants and sponsorships for initiatives that support IRF objectives;
Use IRF member badge on website and marketing materials.
Probationary Member
A Probationary Member is a roundnet association that is working to establish themselves as the governing body for roundnet within a country. This is a temporary membership that is provided for a period of up to 12 months, to allow an NGB to work at establishing a presence within their country and on the international stage. To become a Probationary Member and/or remain in good standing, a roundnet association must meet all of the criteria and be approved by IRF’s Board of Directors. If an incumbent National Member fails to continue to meet the membership criteria, their membership may be revoked by the IRF’s Board of Directors. After a 12 month period, it is expected that a probationary members has made significant progress towards provisional membership, otherwise their probationary status may be revoked.
To become a Probationary Member, associations need to fulfill these criteria:
Have a clear intention to want to grow roundnet in their country - and the capacity to do so.
This looks like running regular pick up games, tournaments, reaching out to player bases outside the committee's immediate location and seeking to grow the sport nationwide. Additionally, this involves having more people involved than just the committee - building a team who will assist in growing the sport. This could be through local clubs, or a group of people working together. A social media presence is also a great step here.
Need to prove some kind of established format - that has a desire to follow each of the IRF rules.
This involves running tournaments according to the IRF rule set, and also setting up a clear system for who can qualify for event like worlds (note that this doesn't have to be an extensive numerical system at this stage - just more than a whim of an individual).
A clear focus on diversity
There needs to be evidence that the sport isn't exclusive. All genders, ages, races and people groups should be able to play the sport, in all areas of an NGB’s country.
A 3 year plan for growth.
How do you plan to grow roundnet over the next 3 years? What are your goals and plans? How are you setting this sport up to run into the future? Good things to include are:
Who are the key people who are committing to be involved? (and a brief history of their involvement so far)
The current state of roundnet in the country and the changes you want to see.
What regular events do you plan to hold?
What steps will you take to bring new people into the sport?
What is your hope for three years from now for the sport within Vietnam? What do you want to achieve?
Some ideas you have to reach areas other than your location.
Anything else you think might be relevant.
The 3 year plan is the most important part of these requirements.
As Probationary Members, associations have the ability to:
Participate in IRF global forums on sport development, as well as some member meetings;
Have select hosted events count toward international ranking system;
Have eligible events included on IRF’s global event calendar
Participate in World Championships and select National team representatives;
NOTE: This membership does not include voting rights and can be revoked by the IRF Board for any reason at any time.