Membership

ICS is a membership based organization. ICS membership is required for participating in Diwali event and many other activities. ICS members are given priority and member exclusive pricing to most of our events.

Why should I become a member?

Members have some exclusive benefits that non-members do not have:

1. Members can participate in all ICS events (including Diwali), while non-members cannot perform at most events, except India Day & Independence Day. But even in those cases, there are restrictions on non-member’s participation.
2. Members get free or discounted admission tickets to most of our events. They may also get preferred seating and longer time windows to send their RSVP etc.
3. Only members are eligible to vote in our elections or run for office.
   Also, being a member of ICS shows pride for our Indian heritage and supports Indian activities in Jacksonville.

Membership Dues

Following are the 2025  membership dues (that will cover all events from Diwali 2024  to September 1, 2025*):

Individual membership – $91 ($101 starting Monday Oct 21st  2024)** 
1 single adult over the age of 18.
Couple membership – $131 ($141 starting Monday Oct 21st  2024)**
2 adults (over 18) legally married to each other
Family membership – $181 ($201 starting Monday Oct 21st  2024)**
2 adults (over 18) legally married to each other and up to 3 kids (unmarried and under 25)

Please note that full year membership period starts from Diwali event of previous year to August 31st of the next year. For example, membership 2025 starts with Diwali 2024 and ends on August 31 2025. Also note that once paid, the membership fees are non-refundable.

General seating and dinner at Grand Diwali Celebration 2024 are included for members. 

• Seating for One (1) – $201**
• Seating for Two (2) – $401**
• Seating for Four (4) – $761**
• Seating for Eight (8) – $1501**
• Seating for Twelve(12) – $2251**

2024-25 members can upgrade their Diwali event general admission tickets (included as part of membership) to VIP passes for below pricing:

• Seating for One (1) – $101**
• Seating for Two (2) – $201**
• Seating for Four (4) – $371**
• Seating for Eight (8) – $751**
• Seating for Twelve(12) – $1101**

* ICS may charge additional fee for non forecasted charges imposed by rented facilities for any damages or venue cleanup after the event.

**All Online payments are subject to 3.5%+ $0.30 to cover the  online card transaction fee.

You can also pay by Zelle to treasurer@jaxics.org to avoid online card transaction fee. 

How to start or renew membership

This is our new website and you may experience issues signing in with your with your user credentials from previous website. In such we recommend:

• If you know your previous email ID that your used to login on the previous, try resetting the password
• Try your “firstName_LastName” user name and reset your password
• Recreate your account

Login to this website (Create account if you don’t already have one; use Password Reset in case you don’t remember your password).

After login, visit the My Membership tab of your My Account page.
Follow prompts there to initialize your membership. You may have to create “person” records for each of your family members. And finally pay by created card and renew your membership.

Once you have submitted your payment, you should get an email from the website stating that your membership has been activated. Visit your My Membership tab again to confirm that your membership is active and all family members are included in that membership.
If you have any questions, please email membership@jaxics.org.