NRDC ScanUS Annual Subscription

—Introduction to the National Religious Data Consortium
Scan/US Subscription System Made Available by IICM

—The Intercultural Institute for Contextual Ministry works directly with Scan/US, Inc. to provide software, databases, and support services to meet the member’s need for GIS (Geographic Information Systems), mapping software, demographics, and segmentation services.

Scan/US, Inc. is looking forward to its role of directly providing Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to you as a National Religious Data Consortium member. The cornerstone of this GIS technology will be the Scan/US Professional Market Mapping software, databases and support services that have been commercially available for more than 15 years. Key to Scan/US, Inc.’s ability to deliver a comprehensive national Scan/US installation to the desktop of every end user in the Consortium is the specialized Subscription version of Scan/US. Let us define how the Scan/US Subscription product works and the benefits to you the user.

Just like a subscription to a magazine, the Scan/US subscription is purchased for a specific length of time, typically one year, and during that time you are continually provided with software upgrades, updated demographic data and continuous support services. Once you have purchased the subscription you can concentrate on using the Scan/US system and we make sure you are making your decisions with the most up to date technology and information. Within the final month of your subscription, when you start up Scan/US you will be receive a message that your subscription is about to expire. If the subscription is renewed, a new license file will be provided that will allow your Scan/US installation to continue functioning for another year. If the subscription is not renewed your Scan/US subscription will expire and your Scan/US installation will stop functioning.

With the subscription product you are not buying software and databases, instead you are getting a limited time license to use the most current Scan/US software and databases during the subscription period. Because you are not buying, but rather leasing your Scan/US installation for the length of the subscription, Scan/US is able to provide a fully configured Scan/US system, a comprehensive set of demographic databases for all levels of geography at a price well under the purchase price of a similarly configured Scan/US installation. This price advantage is even greater when you combine the buying power of the entire Christian religious market of the NRDC that IICM represents as defined in the agreement between IICM and Scan/US, Inc.

The Standard NRDC Scan/US Subscription

The Consortium Scan/US Subscription Package is a data rich, fully configured National Scan/US product. This Subscription Package will start with the Scan/US BasePak to which all cartography layers created and maintained by Scan/US, Inc will be added. The following databases will be included in the Consortium Subscription Package for all geographic layers for which they are published.
• 1990-2000 Key Demographics
• Census 2000 Population and Housing (SF1)
• Census 2000 Detailed Demographic Profile (SF3)
• Census 2000 Ancestry, Language, Foreign Born (SF3)
• Current and Projected year Detailed Demographic Updates
• Current year Consumer Expenditures

The following Scan/US Tools and Wizards will be included in the Consortium Subscription Package:

• Site Express wizard
• Site Factory wizard

The install for the Consortium Subscription Package will allow for regional installation of databases in order to minimize the consumption of hard drive space.

The NRDC Scan/US Subscription Price

The Annual Consortium Subscription Package end user price will be calculated for each participating organization according to the following pricing.

NRDC Tiered Scan/US Subscriber Price Schedule
Subscribers	Cost per subscriber seat	Add the tier base
1st thru 3rd  Seats	$         1,995.00
4th thru 6th Seats	$         1,500.00	$      5,985.00
7th Seat and up	$          1,200.00	$    10,485.00

This pricing allows those organizations that have been thinking of joining the ranks of the Consortium users to get their feet wet at the start up subscription fee of only $1,995.00.

Add-on Databases, Cartography, and Software at Preferred Pricing

There are a number of Scan/US, Inc. and third party products, databases and cartographies that have been integrated into Scan/US and will be made available to Consortium participants as add-on capabilities to the Consortium Subscription Package. The preferred pricing provided in the Research Software section of the IICM Store is for a single seat. When applicable a regional and state price is also provided. Detailed information on all of the products shown below can be obtained from the Scan/US, Inc. website at www.scanus.com

Software Support/Training Direct from Scan/US

Scan/US, Inc. believes that a proficient Scan/US user is a happy and productive user. This is one of the reasons that technical product support is provided at no additional fee with the Subscription product. The Consortium user will be able to call Scan/US, Inc. with all the “How does this work?” questions for the life of their subscription. In addition Scan/US, Inc. offers training in Scan/US at our head quarters in regularly scheduled 2-day sessions to which NRDC users will be admitted for a reduced fee of $500.00. John Jones, one of Scan/US, Inc.’s most experienced technical support consultants, will be the Consortium’s primary technical support contact at Scan/US, Inc. For technical support issues call John at (310) 820-2531 or e-mail him at wljones@scanus.com. Don’t be afraid to make John your Scan/US buddy.

Missional Support/Training Direct from IICM

IICM provides missional training and research utilizing the information generated from Scan/US in addition to other research data sources. Consortium users have the opportunity to receive training in four areas: iFocus: Congregational Development; iMultiply: Congregational Reproduction; iDesign: Missional Strategy; and iQuest: Missional Culturescaping Research. Denominational agencies and missional consultants may become Associates of IICM and, once qualified, train others as well.

Specialized Datasets for Missional Ministry Direct from IICM

IICM has designed some specific datasets that facilitate missional ministry applications and partnered with Scan/US, Inc. to make these datasets available for use by the NRDC. While several datasets are being planned, the Hawaiian dataset is currently available, some will be available late in 2005, and others in the future:

1. NeoTribal CultureDentity™ 2005 Hawaiian Edition. A segmentation of the Hawaiian Islands by neotribal social identities (including both ethnogroups and sociogroups) into five major social groupings along a social identity continuum from multi-linguistic/multicultural to mono-linguistic/mono-cultural, and thirty-two segments along a socio-economic scale. All levels of geography are available from the blockgroup up.

2. A Hispanic Demographic Dataset that provides Hispanic Only numbers for each demographic variable. Is available for all levels of geography.