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2016 Annual Convention Registration
The ISAE 2016 Annual Convention & Trade Show will be Feb. 11, 2016. Registration is now open and early bird registration ends Dec. 31!
Thank you for renewing!
Thank you to those who have renewed their ISAE 2016 Membership! To see a complete list of who all will be back for 2016, please click here. For those of you who haven't renewed yet, do so now by clicking here.
2016 General Assembly calendar
The 2016 session calendar for the 99th Illinois General Assembly has been released. You can view it here.
American Associations Day Fly-In
American Associations Day will take place March 9-10 in Washington, D.C. To help make this an even more diverse event geographically, ASAE is offering a scholarship to those outside the DC-metro area.
This year’s sessions will feature briefs on timely issues as well as how best to communicate The Power of Associations to your elected officials. In addition, you will get valuable face time with colleagues from your home state, association CEOs, the ASAE Board of Directors, and other leaders in the association community. For more details on the American Associations Day, visit the Fly-In website.
ISAE would like to extend a welcome to our newest members:
Courtney Cox, Energy Education Council
Kyle Hillman, NASW IL
Joel Rubin, NASW IL
Download the NEW ISAE Organizational App!
Save the date!
ISAE 2016 Summer Session will be July 20 – 22 in Champaign-Urbana.
ASAE Inroads
The latest issue of ASAE Inroads is out. The topics included in this edition are:
Dems support Cadillac tax repeal
Tax extenders first priority for Brady
Supreme Court declines to hear CA disclosure case
Read the entire issue of ASAE Inroads here.
Share your news with ISAE!
Check out the new Member News & Updates section of the website. Email dnance-evans@firminc.com with events, important information, etc.
Save with the ISAEnterprise Program!
Always keep up with ISAE through the ISAE Blog.
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