Membership
Membership
Membership in the July Society is extended by application and endorsement. It is not, in the ordinary sense, for sale. What we look for is not a title or a balance sheet, but a standard: of accomplishment, of judgement, and of the way a person keeps company.
The Three Standings
There are three ways to stand within the Society.
Guest
Extended per event
A guest attends a Dinner or a Salon at the invitation of a member. It is how most people first come to know the Society: as someone's guest, at someone's table, on a particular evening. A guest is welcome, and a guest is watched over. Many members began as guests.
- Attend Dinners and Salons, by invitation
Member of the Society
By application
A member receives the calendar of the Society, its Dinners, its Galas, its Salons, and the standing to bring guests and to convene gatherings of their own. Membership is extended by application, supported by the endorsement of those who know the applicant's work. It opens the whole JULY world.
- The Society calendar
- Bring guests
- Attend Galas and Salons
- Convene your own gatherings
The Circle
By invitation, capped
The Circle is the inner table of the Society: invitation-only, capped, and closed. Members of the Circle receive the Society's most private Salons, the principal's table at every Gala, hosting privileges across the JULY world, and introductions made only within the Circle. One does not apply to the Circle. One is asked.
- Private closed-door Salons
- The principal's table at Galas
- Hosting privileges across the JULY world
- Direct introductions within the Circle
What Membership Opens
A member of the Society receives:
- The Society's calendar of Dinners, Galas, and Salons
- The standing to bring guests
- The standing to convene gatherings of their own
- The wider JULY world
- In time, and for a smaller number, consideration for the Circle
For Companies
The companies our members build are welcome in the Society. Corporate patronage, for firms that wish to convene under the Society’s roof or to stand behind its gatherings, is arranged privately. Enquiries are welcome.
On Fees and Terms
The terms of membership are shared with applicants under consideration. The Society does not publish them, for the same reason it does not publish its calendar: some things are kept for those inside.