[Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice

[Humbert, Joseph A]

Good Question Eileen,

First and foremost, each professional member and one chosen member from each institutional member gets to vote in elections and other ATHEN business.

Other current benefits include:

  *   Discount for Accessing Higher Ground (AHG) Conference
     *   Access to recorded sessions from AHG regardless of conference attendance
  *   Participate in /start ATHEN lead initiatives, committees, and activities. For example:
     *   Google Apps accessibility
     *   Canvas accessibility Group
     *   Select technology track presentations at conferences
     *   Contribute to ATHEN publications

With our new partnership with AHEAD and 2013 business plan, we will be instituting many of the following new benefits over the next year to two years:


New Membership Privileges

  *   Access to all members
     *   Membership listing/ Searchable membership database
     *   Ability to create and edit membership profile
     *   Private Listserv
     *   Private forums for topic discussion/ collaboration
     *   Topic specific tutorials, help files, videos etc. created by members
     *   Discounts for AHG conference and other negotiated webinars fees
     *   Recorded webinars and presentation
     *   Quarterly meetings (online)
     *   Regular E-journal
     *   Member-lead webinars
     *   Detailed product evaluation database
     *   Individual member can initiate and/or call for collaborations for product/ service evaluations
     *   Listing of sponsors & affiliates on our materials at ATHEN Booths (EDUCAUSE, CSUN, AHEAD, etc.) & other outreach (i.e. ATHEN web site)
     *   Ability to post to wikis and comments on blogs
     *   ATHEN Logo placement on open pages
  *   Partner/ Associate Members
     *   Posting information for webinars including within events calendar

Website improvements

  *   More informative & timely home page; including events calendar, teaser leads to e-journal and blogs etc.; Options to follow on social media & mobile – twitter, rss, podcasts, etc.
  *   Committee information including chair with contact information
  *   Ongoing Blog/ RSS feed – on interesting new resources, links to articles, developments
  *   Membership area, privileges, registering, pay, look-up etc.
  *   “About us” section with ATHEN mission, perhaps a picture
  *   Legal issues - where are we at?
  *   How-to articles
  *   e-journal articles
  *   Training/Resources page – links to non-ATHEN videos, websites, training materials around the web, teasers to resources in membership area – i.e. clips of videos
     *   ATHEN videos
     *   AHG videos
     *   Membership list
  *   Public Information on product evaluations
  *   Product Evaluation in progress:
     *   Product evaluations
     *   Evaluation wikis

The priority for order in which new benefits are added will be decided by paying members and the executive committee are open to other ideas.

Sincerely,

Joe
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From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Berger, Eileen [eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 10:55 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice

Hi Joe,
Just FYI…what does the membership include for the money?
I have already paid membership.
Thanks,
Eileen

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:32 AM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice

Hi Cindy,

No, the membership fee is not new. This listserv is free to join, but joining the listserv does not make you an ATHEN member.

Thankx,

Joe

Sent from my Android phone

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Is the fee for membership new?

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Humbert, Joseph A
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:06 AM
To: 'athen-list at u.washington.edu'
Subject: [Athen] ATHEN Membership Renewal Notice
Importance: High

Hi All,

I wanted to let everyone on the list know that current ATHEN memberships will be expiring at the end of this month (November 30th, 2014). As membership coordinator and a member of the executive committee, I am inviting current and former ATHEN members as well as potential new members to join our organization. To renew or become a new member please visit the ATHEN Membership page<http://athenpro.org/node/9>.

ATHEN Members help achieve the purpose of the ATHEN professional organization<http://www.athenpro.org/node/8>. In addition, our members help the higher education community at large and beyond with technology access to the education opportunities and experiences afforded by post-secondary institutions.

I have been an active member of ATHEN since 2006. Being an ATHEN member has provided me with many opportunities to participate in collaborations with colleagues that have had a significant impact on technology access in the higher education arena. It has also helped me expand my professional network by establishing lasting relationships with other access technologists. I have been able to utilize this network to receive advice on a range of topics from accessibility feedback about software or hardware my institution is considering purchasing to career and training advice from professionals who have been in this field for over 20 years.

Being an ATHEN member has been a key part of my growth as an access technologist and I hope ATHEN membership provides a similar experience for all of you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Joe
Joe Humbert
Membership Coordinator
Access Technologist Higher Education Network (ATHEN)
membership at athenpro.org<mailto:membership at athenpro.org>

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