Sample letter of application to join the UK federation
The following text is for guidance only.
Note the requirement to write your actual letter of application on your organisation's letterhead. The letter must be posted, not faxed, to the federation operator.
At least one Management Liaison must be authorised. Larger organisations might wish to authorise more than one Management Liaison; this can be specified in the initial letter of application, or subsequently.
Organisation is the organisation which wishes to join the UK federation.Executive Liaison is the name of the designated Executive Liaison for the organisation.Management Liaison is the name of the designated Management Liaison for the organisation.
<name of Organisation>
<postal address of Organisation>
<date>
UK Federation Operator
The JISC Content Procurement Company Ltd (Trading as JISC Collections)
Unit 7
North Leigh Business Park
North Leigh
Oxfordshire
OX29 6SW
Dear Sir/Madam,
On behalf of <name of Organisation> I write to apply for membership of
the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research. I confirm
that <name of Organisation> agrees to be bound by the UK federation's
Rules of Membership in effect at the date of this letter, as published
on their website.
The following person has [persons have] been designated by <name of
Organisation> as Management Liaison[s] with the UK federation, and as such is
[are] authorised to make requests to register Identity Providers and/or
Service Providers [delete where appropriate] with the UK federation on
behalf of <name of Organisation>:
<name of Management Liaison>
<job title of Management Liaison>
<contact details for Management Liaison:
- telephone number
- email address >
[Further Management Liaisons may be authorised in the
letter, with details specified for each as above.]
Yours faithfully,
<signature of Executive Liaison>
<name of Executive Liaison>
<job title of Executive Liaison>
<email address of Executive Liaison>
<name of Organisation>