About ACESA
BENEFITS
The common benefits of membership is ACESA are related to the ACESA web page, the ACESA list serve and the monthly meetings. The ACESA infrastructure is dedicated to facilitating the interchange of information, promoting individual members activities and generally helping members attain their individual objectives.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
By becoming members of ACESA, Professional Societies can broaden the distribution of meeting and activity notices, increase attendance at their meetings and thus enhance their programs. Society leaders have the opportunity to coordinate their activities with other groups and enjoy synergistic benefits. Member Societies list their contact information on the ACESA web page, post their meeting and activity notices on the ACESA calendar, link their newsletters to the ACESA web page, send notices through the list serve and
interchange information at the meetings
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
By becoming members of ACESA, Trade Associations increase their visibility, generate interest in their activities and become more cognizant of the activities of related groups. Trade Associations may list contact information on the ACESA web page, post activity announcements on the ACESA calendar, link their newsletters to the ACESA web page, send notices through the list serve and interchange information at the meetings.
CORPORATIONS
Corporations benefit by enhancing their corporate image. Corporations frequently sponsor school or civic programs which are not widely publicized. By becoming a member of ACESA, Corporations will not only be listed on the ACESA web page, but can also list their programs on the ACESA calendar and distribute information through the ACESA list serve. Corporations might also use the ACESA infrastructure to recognize employees who have been exceptionally active as volunteers.
INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER ENTITIES
Individuals, clubs and other entities who are interested in ACESA activities, but who do not fit into other categories, benefit from membership in ACESA by having access to the ACESA infrastructure and its information base. Clubs frequently sponsor school and civic programs that can benefit from the broader distribution of announcements, through ACESA. Better coordination of activities may result and club membership may increase.
ACESA Overview
ACESA was created in the 1950s by the leaders of the various professional societies in the valley.
The leaders recognized that a coordinating group could enhance their ability to achieve their individual society objectives.
In the early 1960s, ACESA published a monthly magazine. In 1972, Phoenix and Tucson became independent regions.
For nearly half a century, society representatives and other volunteers have been meeting once a month to exchange information
and support each others activities. Since community interfacing and various educational competitions are multidisciplinary,
ACESA became the primary means of disseminating information and promoting these activities.
Engineer's Week, State and County Science Fairs, Career Days, Future City Competition, Choices Program and the
Delta Partnership are notable examples.
Many of the societies no longer print copies of their newsletters, but rely on online versions.
ACESA set up a web page (www.acesa.org) so that society contact information, web pages and activities
could be more readily accessed. ACESA also set up a list serve (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/acesa/)
so that the societies could broadcast their activity information and needs to the rest of the subscribers.
ACESA is the only local umbrella organization that supports, promotes and coordinates the programs and
activities of the technical societies. The existing infrastructure includes the web page and list serve,
By reaffirming their membership and appointing liaison representatives to ACESA, the societies will reap the
synergistic benefits associated with common concerns. The initiative to use the ACESA infrastructure must come from the societies.
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