Sample letter of application to join the UK federation

The following text is for guidance only. Note that if you plan to outsource the operation of your federation systems then both you and the organisation to whom you outsource the work must apply for membership.

Note the requirement to write your actual letter of application on your organisation's letterhead. The letter must be posted, not faxed, to JANET(UK).

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
Management Liaison 

                                          
                                          <name of Organisation>
                                          <postal address of Organisation>

                                          <date>

     UK Federation Operator,
     JANET(UK),
     Lumen House,
     Library Avenue,
     Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
     Didcot,
     Oxfordshire OX11 0SG

     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 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:
              - postal address
              - 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>
                              <name of Organisation>