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Membership Information
The Value of AGA Membership
All Members
- Personal professional recognition - by peers and colleagues
- Getting to personally know leaders in the profession
- Networking with peers and colleagues
- Professional development
- Job opportunities
- Keep up-to-date on happenings in the profession
- Literature on current events, ideas and practices of the profession via the Journal
- Education on current ideas and best practices
- Opportunity to support and contribute to the profession (e.g., by commenting on financial management standards, conducting and publishing research, writing articles on new ideas and best practices)
- Marketing/promotion - of personal ideas, of organizational products and services, and of governmental policies and regulations
- Opportunity to publish (or perish) -- for individuals
- CGFM certification
- CGFM training courses
Middle and Upper Management Members
- Education on current events, ideas and practices in the profession via the PDC, Federal Leadership Conference and State & Local Government Leadership Conference
- Exposure to cutting edge technology at conference expositions
- Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting Program
- Public speaking opportunities -- give presentations on current events, ideas, policies, practices in the profession at National and chapter events
Member - Supervisors and Technicians
- Leadership opportunities - at chapter
- Public speaking & teaching opportunities--at chapter meetings and education events
- Education on current events, ideas and practices at local chapter education events
- Reduced Journal CPE Online fee
- Self-study courses
Member - CGFMS
Nice But Not A Value (Would someone pay $65 for these reasons/benefits?)
- Reduce registration fees for Professional Development Conference & Exposition Conference, Federal Leadership Conference and State & Local Government Leadership Conference
- CPE interpretation booklet
- CPE file maintenance
- Government Financial Management TOPICS newsletter
- Miscellaneous publications
- Code of Ethics
- Web site
- New member packet
- Customer service
- 800 telephone line
- Scholarship opportunities
- Affinity programs (life insurance, disability insurance, credit card, car rental, phone card)
- NASAB certification
- Relationships with other professional organizations
- New chapter formation
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