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Membership Categories:

Executive or Professional
One of the following applies to you:

  • You devote more than fifty percent (50%) of your compensated working time to management of a voluntary trade, professional, technical, educational, philanthropic or business association or society. (Executive)
  • You are employed by a professional or trade association and manage all or part of one program or area. (Professional)
  • You are a Chief Staff Executive of a Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Convention, or Visitor's Bureau. (Professional)

A professional member in good standing may vote at annual and special meetings of the Society and may hold elective and appointive office.
2009 Executive and Professional Renewal Form

Inactive Professional
Any professional member in good standing upon separation from his or her association, is eligible for inactive professional membership if he or she has been a KSAE professional member for not less than five years.

Legislative Agent
Any person who is registered as a lobbyist with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission and who is not eligible for KSAE membership as a professional or associate member may apply for legislative agent membership. This catergory includes participation in the Message/Communication Center in the Kansas Statehouse during the legislative session.

Associate
One of the following applies to you:

  • You devote 50% or less of your time to the management of a voluntary trade, professional, technical, educational, philanthropic, business association or society.
  • You engage in association management as an educator, governmental official, or executive of a government agency deriving 50% of your income from public funds.
  • You are a staff member of a Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Convention, or Visitor's Bureau.
  • Your business provides services and products related to association management.

An associate member may serve on all KSAE committees except Nominations. An associate member may not vote at annual or special meetings of the Society. An associate member may not hold elective office.

Honorary Membership
Any person who has performed distinguished service in or related to the field of association management and who is not eligible for KSAE membership as a professional or associate member, may be granted honorary membership by the Board of Directors.

Student
You are not a permanent employee of an association, but are interested in association management as a career, and are currently enrolled in an educational program.

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Membership Benefits:

  • Educational seminars and workshops
  • Social and network opportunities with fellow association peers, hotel staff, convention and visitors bureaus and representatives of related industries
  • Legislative forums and Get-Acquainted functions
  • Lobbyist Message Center
  • Association surveys
  • Annual conference
  • Membership Directory

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Membership Applications:

Please print out and mail in the membership application.

      New Member Application
      2009 Executive and Professional Renewal Form
      Committee Volunteer Form

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Kansas Society of Association Executives - 800 SW Jackson St., Suite 1312 - Topeka, KS 66612
phone: (785) 234-0155 - fax: (785) 234-2522 - email: ksae01@ink.org