ASAE Opens Access to Its Body of Knowledge.In case you haven't have·n't Contraction of have not. haven't have not haven't have heard, ASAE ASAE American Society of Association Executives ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems) ASAE Alkali-Sulfite-Anthraquinone-Ethanol debuted its new business model on July July: see month. 1, 2000, enabling members to freely access the organization's entire body of knowledge, regardless of professional interest section membership. While the open-access model will undoubtedly benefit all ASAE members, it should be of particular benefit to association executives leading small-staff organizations. ASAE began restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). its information delivery systems shortly after the board of directors voted in April 2000 to eliminate section membership dues. In the new model, members will select a primary section, but may affiliate Affiliate Relationship between two companies when one company owns substantial interest, but less than a majority of the voting stock of another company, or when two companies are both subsidiaries of a third company. See: Subsidiaries, parent company. with as many sections as they prefer for one dues fee. Previously, additional section memberships cost $110 each. With open access, members may now enjoy all the benefits outlined below for a modest dues increase of $35, ASAE's first increase in four years. While members may not be interested in joining all 13 professional sections, the objective is to remove any barriers that might prevent members from obtaining the tools needed to effectively manage their organizations. If you are not already doing so, you may use several new Web features to improve the way ASAE communicates information to you. * Click on the link "Update Member Information" on the left side of ASAE's home page (www.asaenet.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. ) to change details of your membership record online and select a primary section. You may also select any other sections from which you may want information on a regular basis. * Find the answers to your questions through "AskASAE," a new online repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. of answers to the most frequently asked questions on association management issues, found in the members-only section of the site. (This link also appears on ASAE's home page.) * Search complete newsletter archives for all professional interest sections. This is a good place to start searching for the latest information in a specific practice area. * Participate in any e-mail list discussion and network via e-mail with colleagues in a specific field of practice. (Click on "Networking Listservers" on ASAE's home page and then follow the instructions for joining the list-servers of your choice.) |
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