Here is what comes with the membership:

At $995, it makes a truly special holiday gift. The Associate Membership lets you:

+ Watch a live web stream of the TED2009 conference (Feb 4-7, 2009)

+ Share the webcast with up to 10 friends in one room and create your own private TED experience

+ Receive an exclusive DVD box set of the complete conference

+ Enjoy TED Book Club mailings five times a year. An inspired set of books, CDs, DVDs and/or other surprises will arrive on your doorstep (often before they are available to the public). Past books have included An Inconvenient Truth, The Earth From Above, Predictably Irrational, What Matters, The Black Swan, The Bottom Billion, The Happiness Hypothesis, The Long Tail and The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We've also sent music from TED performers Herbie Hancock, Jill Sobule and Vusi Mahlasela, and DVDs such as Deborah Scranton's The War Tapes and Jehane Noujaim's Control Room.

+ Delight in special gifts from our partners

+ Enjoy enhanced social networking on TED.com

+ Get advance notice of conference registration, ahead of the general public*

... And a surprise or two!

So I guess a DVD Box Set, some books, and some special gifts?

I guess I should make a list of people interested.