Membership
Join the Wisconsin Digital Business Council — a 501(c)(6) business league advancing Wisconsin’s digital economy. We work across two pillars: growing the industry, and protecting the people in it.
Why Join WDBC?
Members gain intelligence, access, and a direct voice in shaping policy across Wisconsin’s digital economy — blockchain, digital assets, AI, quantum, broadband, and the consumer protections around them.
Legislative Advocacy
Direct engagement with Wisconsin legislators and regulators across the digital economy. Your voice in committee hearings, bill analysis, and coordinated advocacy that shapes how the state grows and governs new technology.
Policy Intelligence
Member briefings, real-time bill tracking, and the Wisconsin Digital Policy Score — graded by pillar so you see exactly where the state stands on the issues that affect your business, plus early alerts on regulatory change.
Industry Network
Connect with the businesses building Wisconsin’s digital economy — founders, operators, and institutions across finance, technology, and infrastructure. Member directory access, events, and roundtables within a growing ecosystem.
National Visibility
Representation at national policy forums, coordination with peer state councils, and a platform to position Wisconsin as a Midwest leader in the digital economy.
Membership levels
Pick the seat that matches your exposure
Every level carries the same core: the tracker, the briefings, and a voice in the agenda. What changes is how close you sit to the drafting table — and how early you hear that a bill is moving.
Two of these rungs exist for reasons other than revenue. Advocate is priced for the count: a roster is a legislative asset, and a committee weighs how many people you speak for before it weighs the argument. Civic exists because municipalities are a real constituency on digital-economy bills — their names belong on the roster even though their budgets will never reach a corporate rate.
Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison · Photo by Steve W on Pexels
Paid by card
Individuals, sole operators, and advocates who want the briefings and a way to act on them.
- Member briefings & policy alerts
- Full legislative tracker & personal watchlist
- Civic-action tools & badges
- Invitations to member events
Invoiced
Municipalities, counties, and public bodies — priced so a city can join without a corporate budget.
- Everything in Advocate
- Listed on the roster as a public member
- Briefings framed for public bodies
- Notice on bills touching municipal authority
Most companies start here
Paid by card
Small Wisconsin companies building in the digital economy.
- Everything in Advocate, for your whole company
- Company listing in the member directory
- Full member research library
- Invitations to member-only roundtables
Paid by card
Law firms, accounting practices, and advisory boutiques whose clients build here.
- Everything in Business, up to 5 seats
- Firm listing in the directory
- Early access to bill analysis
- Speaking consideration at WDBC forums
- Client-facing use of WDBC research
Invoiced
Regulated institutions with direct Wisconsin exposure — banks, credit unions, exchanges, data-center operators, insurers.
- Everything in Practice, whole team
- Named regulatory alerts on the bills touching your license
- Quarterly call with the Director of Policy
- Logo placement as a supporting member
- Priority input into the annual agenda
Invoiced
Sector anchors of Wisconsin’s digital economy, with a seat on the advisory council.
- Everything in Corporate
- Seat on the WDBC advisory council
- Direct policy briefings
- Speaking slots at WDBC events
Four only · 2027 campaign
Invoiced
Named underwriter of the 2027 campaign — the stablecoin framework and the AI package. Four seats, this campaign only.
- Everything in Anchor
- Named as a founding underwriter
- Seat on the policy advisory council
- Direct role in drafting & testimony strategy
- Year-end report on what the campaign moved
What happens when you pick a level
- 1Choose your level above. Your choice carries through — you will see it named at the top of the next page.
- 2Create your account. One form: your details and your organization, then the terms of the level you chose.
- 3Settle the dues. Card at the end of the form where card is enabled; otherwise we email an invoice with ACH or check terms within two business days.
Card and invoice are split on purpose. Below roughly $2,500 nobody should have to chase an invoice to support a trade association, so Advocate, Business and Practice are built to take a card. Above it, procurement almost always prefers an invoice, so Civic, Corporate, Anchor and Founding Underwriter are invoiced. Card checkout is currently switched off site-wide while new payment products are set up, so every level is invoiced today. Prefer to talk first? Contact us.
Dues paid to a 501(c)(6) business league are not deductible as charitable contributions; they may be deductible as an ordinary business expense.