Benefits to current ARS Members
Under the ARS-ACCE Affiliation Agreement
All current ARS members with 2007 dues paid will receive the ACCE member benefits listed below in 2007. Please contact Nicole Gentry at or to use any of these benefits.
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A 25% discount on the members’ registration fee for the ACCE annual conference in Sacramento, CA, August 1-4, 2007. This convention features 60 educational sessions, 100 exhibits, and national speakers including Steve Forbes, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine; Dr. Howard Fuller, Founder/Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University; and Joel Kotkin, internationally recognized authority on global trends who will address “Back to Basics: The New Fundamentals of Regional Growth.”
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ARS Lifetime members: One free registration.
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One Free registration to attend the ACCE ‘Regionalism Fellows’ meeting in Charleston, SC, October 24-26, 2007. This conference is for Chamber executives around the U.S. who have participated in a six-month learning course on regional development, sponsored by ACCE in cooperation with FutureWorks and the Ford Foundation.
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Individual log-in access for ACCE online services: samples database, message boards, and ACCE telephone/web training programs through December, 2007.
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A free subscription to ACCE newsletters including ACCELink; Growth Now; and/or Tomorrow’s Workforce, Today’s Agenda
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A free subscription to ACCE’s bi-monthly magazine, Chamber Executive.
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Member discounts on all ACCE programs and publications.
ARS Member Benefits after 2007:
The ARS-ACCE Affiliation Agreement specifies that after December 31, 2007, ACCE will charge renewing and new ARS members a membership fee that is no more than 25 percent higher than the amount ARS currently charges for membership. ACCE also will give a discount to its members who join ARS beginning in 2008.
The Affiliation Agreement states that certain aspects of the current ARS membership package will be available to all ACCE members as part of their benefits of membership. ACCE, in consultation with the ARS Advisory Board, will determine which programs and information are open to ACCE members and which are only for ARS dues-paying members.
For more information on the two national conferences with regionalism-related content that ACCE plans this year, click here.
For more information on ACCE, click here.
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