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1/3/2018
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To all ACI members and partners, I extend well wishes and hope for continuing success in the new year. The feeling of renewal and repurpose fostered by ringing in a new year resonates worldwide. In that spirit, it is very appropriate at this time to unveil the newest enhancements to ACI membership. This is not just an incremental change but a real boost in value to our members.What's new with ACI membership benefits? Starting this month, every ACI individual member will begin receiving unprecedented digital access to the Institute's 200+ practices—including all active guides and reports—plus free shipping via USPS media mail on orders in the continental United States. Additionally, members have the added benefit of using two new substantial discounts—one for digital access to ACI's 50 active codes and specifications, and another for access to the new, annual subscription of ACI University's monthly webinars and on-demand courses. You may be wondering why ACI is adding more member benefits. When searching for information today, more and more concrete professionals prefer immediate, digital access to answers and source material. Based on the feedback received from our members, we have structured membership around digital online access to ACI's guides and reports, while providing substantial discounts to add online access to ACI's codes and specifications. Also, the new all-access subscription to ACI University webinars and on-demand courses is exciting for ACI. Through this subscription, it has never been easier to obtain access to all of ACI's monthly webinars and our 175+ on-demand courses. New in 2018, ACI members will receive a substantial discount to subscribe. All current individual membership benefits will still be available. Based on their popularity, ACI members will continue to receive Concrete International, ACI Materials Journal, ACI Structural Journal, discounts, ACI University course tokens, access to the ACI Career Center, inclusion in the ACI member directory, the opportunity to join committees, and much more. I am also pleased to announce the creation of a new category of ACI membership. To encourage more active participation in ACI, the ACI Board of Direction recently approved the establishment of a new membership category called Local Member, which will be available to current chapter members with a paid chapter membership. This is ground-breaking news because Chapter members worldwide will not have to pay anything additional to join ACI. Unless they opt out, they will be registered through the chapter annual report that is submitted to ACI in February of each year. Benefits will include a digital subscription to CI, three ACI University course tokens for use on selected on-demand courses, and the ability to print an ACI Membership certificate. Local Members will also receive access to and a listing in the online membership directory. Many of our active members began their affiliation with ACI as a local chapter member, so this new category furthers that connection. You will be hearing more details about this program in the near future. Membership value is a very important issue to the future sustainability of the Institute, and something that has been much discussed over the years. In my opinion, this is the best time to become an ACI member as the value of membership is finally so tangible and unambiguous. With these new additions to ACI's membership benefits, members can join our community while also getting more of the tools they need to stay informed, do their jobs, and become local resources on best practices. And with the new Local Member category, ACI members are now connected to tens of thousands of other ACI members in more than 130 countries. ACI Individual and Local Members can access their new benefits simply by logging in to www.concrete.org. If you have questions, visit www.concrete.org/membership, or you can call ACI at +1.248.848.3800 and staff will be happy to talk with you about the many benefits of ACI membership. And, if you are already a member, I encourage you to talk with your colleagues about having them join ACI's concrete community. It is the right decision. It has been true in my case, and for countless other ACI members. It is even truer today. With the new addition in value and with the new membership category, ACI members are now part of the most comprehensive concrete knowledge hub in the world. Happy 2018! Khaled W. Awad
To all ACI members and partners, I extend well wishes and hope for continuing success in the new year. The feeling of renewal and repurpose fostered by ringing in a new year resonates worldwide.
In that spirit, it is very appropriate at this time to unveil the newest enhancements to ACI membership. This is not just an incremental change but a real boost in value to our members.
What's new with ACI membership benefits? Starting this month, every ACI individual member will begin receiving unprecedented digital access to the Institute's 200+ practices—including all active guides and reports—plus free shipping via USPS media mail on orders in the continental United States. Additionally, members have the added benefit of using two new substantial discounts—one for digital access to ACI's 50 active codes and specifications, and another for access to the new, annual subscription of ACI University's monthly webinars and on-demand courses.
You may be wondering why ACI is adding more member benefits. When searching for information today, more and more concrete professionals prefer immediate, digital access to answers and source material. Based on the feedback received from our members, we have structured membership around digital online access to ACI's guides and reports, while providing substantial discounts to add online access to ACI's codes and specifications.
Also, the new all-access subscription to ACI University webinars and on-demand courses is exciting for ACI. Through this subscription, it has never been easier to obtain access to all of ACI's monthly webinars and our 175+ on-demand courses. New in 2018, ACI members will receive a substantial discount to subscribe.
All current individual membership benefits will still be available. Based on their popularity, ACI members will continue to receive Concrete International, ACI Materials Journal, ACI Structural Journal, discounts, ACI University course tokens, access to the ACI Career Center, inclusion in the ACI member directory, the opportunity to join committees, and much more.
I am also pleased to announce the creation of a new category of ACI membership. To encourage more active participation in ACI, the ACI Board of Direction recently approved the establishment of a new membership category called Local Member, which will be available to current chapter members with a paid chapter membership. This is ground-breaking news because Chapter members worldwide will not have to pay anything additional to join ACI. Unless they opt out, they will be registered through the chapter annual report that is submitted to ACI in February of each year.
Benefits will include a digital subscription to CI, three ACI University course tokens for use on selected on-demand courses, and the ability to print an ACI Membership certificate. Local Members will also receive access to and a listing in the online membership directory.
Many of our active members began their affiliation with ACI as a local chapter member, so this new category furthers that connection. You will be hearing more details about this program in the near future.
Membership value is a very important issue to the future sustainability of the Institute, and something that has been much discussed over the years. In my opinion, this is the best time to become an ACI member as the value of membership is finally so tangible and unambiguous. With these new additions to ACI's membership benefits, members can join our community while also getting more of the tools they need to stay informed, do their jobs, and become local resources on best practices. And with the new Local Member category, ACI members are now connected to tens of thousands of other ACI members in more than 130 countries.
ACI Individual and Local Members can access their new benefits simply by logging in to www.concrete.org. If you have questions, visit www.concrete.org/membership, or you can call ACI at +1.248.848.3800 and staff will be happy to talk with you about the many benefits of ACI membership.
And, if you are already a member, I encourage you to talk with your colleagues about having them join ACI's concrete community. It is the right decision. It has been true in my case, and for countless other ACI members. It is even truer today. With the new addition in value and with the new membership category, ACI members are now part of the most comprehensive concrete knowledge hub in the world.
Happy 2018!
Khaled W. Awad
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